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10th Anniversary of Quicktime

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader submitted a story about the 10th anniversary of QuickTime which might not seem like such a big deal unless you set your mental wayback machine to 1991 and remember what we didn't have back then. Bits from Brian Eno and others. Worth reading.

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  1. Why do I feel like... by tswinzig · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...there won't be a gleeful response from the Linux crowd here?

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  2. Say What You Like by SirSlud · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. but criticising QuickTime is like dissing Christopher Columbus. Sure, he may have called everyone 'indians', and been a complete asshole, but we wouldn't be where we are today without him.

    Same goes for QuickTime. Whine all you like about it not being on Unix, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it was the embassador of streaming video for the internet. To this day, without going into the nitty gritty and platform issues, I still prefer the quality of QuickTime over any other format, and will select a QuickTime stream given a choice from any other number of alternatives.

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  3. Re:The Internet by Destoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ASCII art's not dead!
    Just reload the page at comments(-1).

    (geez.. next time I read /. at work, I'll remember to wait at least 5 minutes after a new topic is posted)

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