 | In Response To: Re: .wmv to .mov (Steve Levinson)
: Actually, there's a bit of history behind this, and it's not pretty. It seems
: that Microsoft's original multimedia codecs contained questionable
: quicktime code. As I recall it, this wasn't a deliberate issue of
: copyright violation, but there was a 3rd party involved that had been
: involved in the development of code for both platforms. As Apple held the
: copyright, they pushed the issue, I think expecting MS to license the
: technology or at least remove the plagered code. Instead, Bill Gates in
: typical fashion took his company in another direction and made the
: standard proprietary, rather than incorporating existing open standards.
: Sound familiar?
...guh.
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