| Software and Communication |
This chapter analyses how the IT and telco industries faced similar problems often giving different answer and how MPEG faced the same problems. |
| Bits And Bytes |
Bytes are made of 8 bits, but chopping a bitstream in chunks of 8 bits does not necessarily make bytes. |
| Open Source Software |
Writing software may be an art and some artists have pretty special ideas about the use of the “art” they create. |
| MPEG and Open Source Software |
MPEG developed plenty of reference software. Starting with a different point, it ended up dealing with reference software using principles similar to those of the Open Source Software community. |
| The Communication Workflow |
This software describes the role of patents and standards in the creation of new forms of communication. |
| Type 1 Video Coding |
MPEG prided itself with having principles and adopting practice that propped up innovation protected by patents and delivering it to humankind. MPEG did not change but its industry did. |
| A Fuller Form Of Communication |
Real-time speech communication enabled by the invention of telephone conquered the world. It was natural to add pictures, but an obvious idea had a hard time. |