Are there other petitions that just mention HTML5 or h.264? Looking at the polls from that link it seems absurd for Google to claim that h.264 satisfies the demands - all the polls, even the ones Google has closed, name Ogg explicitly.
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 16:19 -0600, Daniel Hendrycks wrote: > Awesome, my petition is being shown to all these followers! > > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:42:27 -0600, Holmes Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > This piece of Ogg activism is getting some traffic on identi.ca and > > Twitter right now. If you haven't already, you should jump in: > > > > * <http://productideas.appspot.com/#9/e=3d60a&t=ogg> > > > > People are voting for Google to offer HTML5/Ogg video support on > > YouTube, in Google's own product ideas voting space. > > > > YouTube is, obviously, the largest source of videos in the world by > > far, so keeping pressure on Google to support web standards and free > > formats (over proprietary formats like Flash) is really important. > > > > Google has closed the window on HTML5 feedback, saying that peoples' > > voices have been heard. Notably absent is any mention of Ogg. Google > > leaving Ogg out of the picture here makes sense, because it would be > > very easy for them to offer HTML5/h264 videos that play in Chrome and > > Safari, while still excluding free formats and users of free browsers > > like Firefox and Icecat. > > > > It also means that, from our point of view anyway, votes for Ogg > > Theora support are still welcome. PlayOgg can play an important role > > here by stressing free formats. > > > > If you don't already have a Google account, please don't let this > > encourage you to make one. You can call YouTube at 650-253-0000 and > > make the same request there. > > > > Make your voice heard! > > > > * <http://productideas.appspot.com/#9/e=3d60a&t=ogg> > > > > Holmes Wilson > > Campaigns Manager > > Free Software Foundation > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Advocate mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate > > > > > >
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