Re: [Avid-L2] Avid response to Apple's QuickTime announcement?

QT for Windows was part of the QT 3 roll out. It was a significant update on Mac as well as the first time authoring in QT came to Windows.

It made Keygrip cross platform!

Philip


> On Apr 15, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Jim Feeley jfeeley@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> On Apr 15, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Mike Parsons mikeparsons.tv@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Putting Quicktime on windows was a part of getting itunes onto windows
>> so they could sell more ipods. Job done, no more need for Quicktime on
>> windows.
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> QuickTime for Windows first appeared in the early 90s, before QT2.0 on the Mac, IIRC. An acquaintance's company did the port (and then all sorts of legal hell broke loose). Way before iTunes, though perhaps that gave Apple a reason to keep working on QTW.
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> Anyway, here's an article about the QuickTime announcement for those who missed it or want background. Note the subhead:
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> Apple stops patching QuickTime for Windows despite 2 active vulnerabilities
> Security firm urges Windows users to uninstall media player.
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/apple-stops-patching-quicktime-for-windows-despite-2-active-vulnerabilities/
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> Yow.
>
> Jim
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