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QuickTime To Get Boost From "More Accurate" Statistics

Posted by pudge on from the statistics-is-as-statistics-does dept.

Justen writes "Nielsen is expected to release a new set of ratings for media players on July 1. Apple lobbied the firm to use new methods to form usage statistics. The new methods are expected to dramatically increase the reported market share of QuickTime. Nielsen says it doesn't reflect a dramatic jump in actual installations, just a more accurate picture of what's been there all along. The article also mentions the new beta of QuickTime 6 and its support for MPEG-4, ahead of Real and Microsoft."

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  1. Re:Get rid of the ad by PythonOrRuby · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can actually do that yourself. Just pay the $29 for Quicktime Pro and it goes away. ;-)

  2. Re:Get rid of the ad by PythonOrRuby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, that darn proprietary Apple! Not like the standards-compliant folks at Real or Microsoft. And their Quicktime Streaming Server is so expensive.

    I mean, why should I be forced to stream out high-quality content for free when I can pay for something inferior? This is America and we're capitalists, damn it!. We don't do things that way.