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Originally Published: Saturday, 1 April 2000 Author: Marius Aamodt Eriksen
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Ask Slashdot: Why Hasn't Apple Released Quicktime For UNIX?

What causes Apple's lack of Quicktime for UNIX?

"We've just seen news that Apple has Open-Sourced Darwin, which no doubt fills enthusiasts with a warm fuzzy feeling about the future of Open Source and the way that Apple has embraced it. However, there's a piece missing from the picture: QuickTime. How often have you visited a Web page only to find that all the streaming media on it is QuickTime, and you can't view it without the Sorenson CODEC?" Check out the rest here.


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