sparaig wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> sparaig wrote:
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>>> QuickTime is more than just a collection of codecs.
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>> AV Programming 101: QT *is* mainly a set of codecs. True you have a QT
>> Player but other players on other platforms can use the codecs to
>> playback QT files. They can also use the codec to encode QT files. And
>> QuickTime Windows has existed for years.
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> Eh.
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> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/whatsnew.htm
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> Linux "quicktime" has all these features?
>
There are other open source compression codes and many are available on
Linux. No need for QT. It's usually just there so you can view files.
>>> I'm not a big fan of Linspire but they did
>>>
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>>>> license a lot of proprietary drivers and codecs so those things can be
>>>> run on Linux and they now have a free version called FreeSpire. A lot
>>>> of those products you list were done by Apple. Linux still has a bigger
>>>> market share than Apple. I don't think Apple will ever amount to
>>>> anything but an also-ran with it's niche market. It would have much
>>>> bigger market share today if Jobs hadn't taken the helm again.
>>>>
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>>> Heh. I'm no fan of Jobs, but that's a pretty outrageous assumption.
>>>
>>>
>> He stopped the licensing of the OS to other machine builders. That
>> could have lead to more users. Instead he was a "hog" (that's a term in
>> the industry).
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> It allowed the Mac hardware to morph without any kind of consideration for
> existing
> licensing agreements. This was a good thing, in the long run.
>
But they have a smaller market share around 3-5% the last time I looked.
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>> And so you put an Apple logo on an MP3 player and market the hell out
>> it. That's what Apple is more know for these days.
>>
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> Apple Marketing has been world-class since the original Mac 1984 ad, which is
> considered
> the first modern super-ad ("ad of the century" and all that).
>
Come'on now these days all marketing is more like brainwashing or
propaganda. :)
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>>>> As an aside I get a kick out of the Apple PC guy and Mac user ad as
>>>> anyone who has ever been to a Mac World know that the Apple users look
>>>> more like the PC guy. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> But most Mac users never go to MacWOrld.
>>>
>>>
>> Only a few thousand. :) When I went to Fry's last year the Saturday
>> after MacWorld (remember there is one in San Francisco) I saw a
>> completely different set of customers than I was used to there. I then
>> realized these were Mac users and sure enough the were converging on the
>> Mac area. Macs are way overhyped but then as I stated above Apple is
>> about marketing.
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