It also depends on what [Google's] target is: would try to push hardware support too?
A while back there was an IamA on reddit from a video codec hardware engineer. I found this comment interesting:
We've been asked to support ON2's VP6 and possibly other codecs. Google isn't done entering the video market, and this is part of that push. I can't really divulge anything more sorry.
One of the Mozilla guys pointed to a schematic for the new low cost Marvell Armada ARM chipset (the one advertised as bringing a new generation of $100 dollar Android phones) and it had On2 listed in the decoding section.
I can't find the link because twitter search sucks and the Marvell site all seems to consist entirely of Flash and PDFs.
A while back there was an IamA on reddit from a video codec hardware engineer. I found this comment interesting:
We've been asked to support ON2's VP6 and possibly other codecs. Google isn't done entering the video market, and this is part of that push. I can't really divulge anything more sorry.
See http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9q7pp/for_my_fellow_ge...