Dror, if you re-read the review, it's quite obvious that the root of the backlash is not in what you claim, but rather in not giving an explicit credit to x264 team.
To everyone else - there's a very simple resolution to this situation. In fact, it will straighten itself up in, because if what Beamr did is trivial and working, I doubt x264 project will have any problem replicating it. If it's not working, then Beamr video service won't take off. And, lastly, if it's working and non-trivial, then their claims are true. As others said, the only way to confirm or deny their claims is to test against larger collection of clips and with real people. Well, duh, that the exact opportunity that their video service is going to provide. Let's just wait and see how it plays out.
To everyone else - there's a very simple resolution to this situation. In fact, it will straighten itself up in, because if what Beamr did is trivial and working, I doubt x264 project will have any problem replicating it. If it's not working, then Beamr video service won't take off. And, lastly, if it's working and non-trivial, then their claims are true. As others said, the only way to confirm or deny their claims is to test against larger collection of clips and with real people. Well, duh, that the exact opportunity that their video service is going to provide. Let's just wait and see how it plays out.