Apple Sues Sorenson Over QuickTime Codec

Posted by pudge on Wednesday May 1, 2002 @10:20AM from the gimme-gimme-some-lovin dept.

ScooterComputer writes "According to Bloomberg and a bunch of others, Apple is suing Sorenson over their licensing a codec to Macromedia for Flash MX, for 'developing, marketing, or licensing any version of the compression software used in QuickTime to competitors.' For years we have seen finger pointing going on between Apple and Sorenson as to WHY the Sorenson codec can't make it to the Linux platform... and things usually end with Apple saying it is Sorenson's fault. Well, I'd say Apple lied. So, can we all just start putting big pressure on Apple again to release QuickTime for Linux?" (Reminder to Apple users to visit Slashdot's Apple section for more Apple-related news.)

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Re:Hmm... by NoMoreNicksLeft · 2002-05-01 10:57 · Score: 3, Funny

There once was a heckler from Thread #30
Whose comments were usually wordy
You're karma whorin' he cried
With japanese poems he lied
To fight haiku with haiku is just playing dirty
Re:shouldnt be there for many reasons by Buran · 2002-05-01 11:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Every time you play a stupid Flash animation ...

... God kills a kitten.

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