About Jerome Rota
Born 1973. Jerome Rota is a French businessperson, software developer and computer scientist.
Jérôme Rota (born 1973, Saint-Jean-de-Védas) is a French software developer. He is also known by the name Gej.
In 1999, while he was working as a graphic designer and a technical director in an advertising agency in France, he made the "DivX ;-)" 3.11 Alpha video codec (the smiley was a part of the name) by hacking the Microsoft MPEG-4v3 codec (which was actually not MPEG-4 compliant) from Windows Media Tools 4 codecs. His hack had the advantage of supporting the AVI formatted files. Initial peer-to-peer rapid spread of the program turned into its introductions to the markets. As a result, a company was established.
The new project was first given the name ProjectMayo, and an open-source MPEG-4 codec called OpenDivX was made. The company employed up to 300 employees by February 2007.
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Who is Jerome Rota?
French software developer
When was Jerome Rota born?
Jerome Rota was born in 1973 in Saint-Jean-de-Védas.
What is Jerome Rota's occupation?
Jerome Rota is a businessperson, software developer and computer scientist.
What nationality is Jerome Rota?
Jerome Rota is French.
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