[CrackMonkey] new vorbis article

[Jack Moffitt]

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/kiang/kiang061401.asp

Some choice quotes:

"The MP3-patent claims have never been challenged in court--or even in
licensing negotiations, as Thomson's Linde confirms."

Linde is the director of licensing.  Heh.  I think this will make people
a lot less worried.  First they claim there's no way.  They they concur
that their IP has never even been challenged :)


"Personally, I like the open-source movement," Linde says. "However, it
is not a funded movement. If the effort is not to commercialize it, how
good a product can it be?" -Linde

How good indeed.  Tell that to the LAME team who's independent
implementation rival's Fraunhofers own.  


jack.