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Apple Releases Rendezvous for Linux, Java, Windows
mblase writes "Apple released yesterday a developers preview of their Rendezvous technology for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Java. Rendezvous is an open protocol which uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically find each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers."
Reader xxdarkxxmatterxx adds a link to a story at Macworld about the release."
I thought this was already open, how does this differ from apps that have been out for some time like HOWL [http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/]
This sounds allot like apple's dashboard, and how it's a direct rip of Konfabulator!
Don't jump on me too hard, I run Linux (so I look fwd to using this) and i also run OSX on an ibook.
PCBWSEF
free ipod and free gmail!
No, but neither is Rendezvous. Nor will it be. But UPNP is more mature, already widely adopted (think about the corporate community), and the only reason people are bashing it here is
a) It's a Microsoft technology
b) Apple hasn't adopted it, and some of the people here eat too much fruit, and need to eat some crow more often.
And with that last statement I expect to be modded down to oblivion, so I'll post anonymously.
Ian
No, it does use WebCore for iTunes on OS X, and Konquerer on Windows(which is what WebCore is based on in OS X). There is a lot of Quicktime stuff embedded in the HTML pages that iTunes Music Store uses, but it's still mostly HTML rendered with WebCore.
Lovely, yet another protocol that will be chatting across my network. You all remember WINS. Survey says this seems to be another noisy shouting match to allow my users to share crap instead of working. Which port do I block? Ack!!!!!
Since Linux must be free as in no-cost, there aint any way for Apple to bring useful quicktime *content* to the platform, since stuff you'd want to see is likely encoded in Sorenson or other comercial codec. Better to create your own software for playing back QT content by reverse engineering QT's codecs. QT media files are straightforward to work with, so get started!
Why would you want Apple to bring all that old System 7 code that makes up the current version of QT (on both OS X and Windows)? Better to start afresh, or wait for Apple to bring out a clean version - which may never happen. In any case, Apple couldn't really open QuickTime without losing their technology at little benefit to their marketshare. Big Woop: 1000 Linux desktop users have a way to watch QT movies.
The masses were on Windows, so Apple ported QT there. Linux servers (not desktops) are a sensible market to target, so Apple has provided FREE and OPEN source for their Darwin Streaming Server.