Interesting article about Google and h.264

[Joost Schuttelaar]

50$? That seems a bit steep. But I found this article from 1999:

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-220209.html

1$ per port seems a bit pricy indeed...

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Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL

On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:04 , James R. Coplin wrote:

> It is now.  Before Apple caved, the licensing fees added approximately $50
> to the price of a motherboard.  Manufacturers opted for the massively
> cheaper USB.  Eventually Apple caved but too late.  USB had the market
> share.
> 
> James R. Coplin
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
>> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Joost Schuttelaar
>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 5:37 PM
>> To: Music-bar
>> Subject: Re: Interesting article about Google and h.264
>> 
>> Huh? Licensing costs are 25 cents per device:
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Joost Schuttelaar
>> The Hague, NL
>> 
>> On Jan 17, 2011, at 0:21 , James R. Coplin wrote:
>> 
>>> You said mid to high. ;)  The performance of the i5 series is so
>> absurdly
>>> high, there are far fewer LGA1366 boards.  The point is, firewire is
>> not
>>> ubiquitous or common as it certainly could have been if Apple hadn't
>> messed
>>> it up with licensing.  I suspect a couple more release cycles and
>> less than
>>> 1/2 of Apple products will have it either.  A quick look at external
>> hard
>>> drives etc. shows it is running behind USB and about to be surpassed
>> by
>>> eSata.
>>> 
>>> James R. Coplin
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
>>>> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Peter Korsten
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 4:19 PM
>>>> To: Music-bar
>>>> Subject: Re: Interesting article about Google and h.264
>>>> 
>>>> Op 16-1-2011 22:36, James R. Coplin schreef:
>>>> 
>>>>> A quick look at New Egg shows that of the 120 LGA1156 motherboards
>>>> they
>>>>> have, only 40 have firewire and that number is rapidly shrinking
>> each
>>>>> release cycle.
>>>> 
>>>> LGA 1156 is not high end. :)
>>>> 
>>>> - Peter
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