More insightful than either of the announcements (Mozilla's and Cisco's) is this analysis by Monty Montgomery, the one behind Ogg, Vorbis, Xiph, etc.:
For those who don't know, he's the one driving Daala development in Mozilla. Basically, in the post he says that this is a capitulation on the part of Mozilla, but that it is a strategic concession with the longer-term strategy of making Daala the standard in a later spec, using the same strategies they used to get Opus into the official spec (i.e. by being substantially better than everything else). Cisco has already announced that they're contributing code to the Daala project now. So while it sucks that this the end of this round, some solace can be taken in knowing this is a temporary, stop-gap measure.
I really recommend reading the full post though, he makes some very interesting observations.
For those who don't know, he's the one driving Daala development in Mozilla. Basically, in the post he says that this is a capitulation on the part of Mozilla, but that it is a strategic concession with the longer-term strategy of making Daala the standard in a later spec, using the same strategies they used to get Opus into the official spec (i.e. by being substantially better than everything else). Cisco has already announced that they're contributing code to the Daala project now. So while it sucks that this the end of this round, some solace can be taken in knowing this is a temporary, stop-gap measure.
I really recommend reading the full post though, he makes some very interesting observations.
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