[vorbis-dev] Ogg doesn't measure up?!

[John Morton]

On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:42, Stan Seibert wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 19:13, Ross Levis wrote:
> > In the end, Ogg didn't measure up as our best candidate. We still
> > think Ogg is a worthwhile codec, and as such SHOUTcast-streamable
> > support for it is available via NSV.
>
> <lots of cutting>
>
> Okay, I read through this post several times and couldn't discern how
> exactly Ogg didn't measure up.  I think without that information, any
> advocacy (or attempt at improvement) would be sort of futile.

It worth asking them, but I suspect if they are unwilling to be candid thus 
far, the reason is likely to be related to the  amount of payola Microsoft 
and Fraunhofer are willing to shower them with to make their format the next 
standard.

John
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