HTML5 under European security agency scrutiny
The European Security Agency has issued a warning that standards under development as part of HTML5 may neglect important security issues.
Read the rest here: http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2010/06/04/apple-html5
This shows what steps Apple would take just to promote their browser (Safari).
Apple and MS will support H.264 as a video codec in HTML5.
As much as they crow about the superior quality of the codec, you have to wonder how noble their motives are when they ultimately benefit as licensors of the codec...