They did pay. Google spent over $100 million on On2 Technologies, the company behind the VP codecs. Did you expect more than buying a company and employing their developers?
GP says Google wants something "like" h264 without paying for it. Somehow paying $100M for the company that developed the codec, and employing its people to continue development for years now, doesn't count. rayiner: I think you made some good points but the unfortunate rant at the end, that's just anti-Google bias...
