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What comes to mind: How is what Adobe does with Flash different from what Apple tried to do with Quicktime? If Apple had its way a few years back, all the vide
by smackfu 16y ago
What comes to mind: How is what Adobe does with Flash different from what Apple tried to do with Quicktime? If Apple had its way a few years back, all the video on the net would be Quicktime Sorenson encoded. Would they be pushing for open standards then?
- chc 16y agoOne is a proprietary Web platform that can completely shut people out of a site and the other is a video codec. Apples and oranges if ever anything was.
- smackfu 16y agoApple has always wanted to make Quicktime a proprietary interactive platform with a scripting language, UI elements, etc. It used to be used heavily to make CD-ROMs, where Flash would be used today. Apple just lost that battle.
- chc 16y agoAt the point in time you're talking about, the was no standard technology to use. It is, again, not comparable to the proprietary Flash plugin today.