Microsoft plays fair, Competitors cry foul

morons.org | at | by Mike

Microsoft recently released a new product called Windows Media 9 Series. Not just a player, as some people would think, Windows Media 9 series is a complete set of technologies for encoding, serving, and viewing digital media. This technology includes some real breakthroughs in streaming of digital media, and in compressing it.

And this is what MPEG-LA doesn't like: It's better than MPEG-4. And it's cheaper.

Now, any time in a capitalist society that someone makes something cheaper and better, it's considered a good thing. After all, we all like things to be better, and we all like them to be cheaper. And if you'd like them to be on an Apple or Linux desktop, Microsoft can deal with that too.