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 10:34 · Score: 1, Offtopic

My comment is on topic, do you have a problem with how I express myself? Does it always have to be prose? I sometimes do limericks, are these more acceptable? My god man, I could be doing iambi pentameter... so it's not like I'm being cruel.

Or, in other words...

Whiny nerd complains
There are too many haiku
just a prose bigot
Re:Hardly by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-01 10:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I used to have a cool sig but people replied to it more than they did my comments.

Dude, love your sig!
I think the real question is by The+Last+Post · 2002-05-01 11:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Who the hell is pudge?

Or is that just a synonym for CoyboyKneel?