Opensource Apple Lossless Decoder Released

Cody Brocious writes "David Hammerton has released version 1.0 of an ALAC decoder. This allows users of operating systems not supported by iTunes/QuickTime to listen to their Apple Lossless files, a proprietary competitor to FLAC. This is a large leap forward in audio codec interoperability, and paves the way for an ALAC encoder." The site also asks for additional help on the project.

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Re:Well, I won't use it

[geekee]

" Because Apple is the New Microsoft. They use courts to squelch free speech rights of those who would impart Apple trade secrets to the public; they legally commit restraint of trade by mixing proprietary hardware with proprietary software so competitors can't break into their non-monopoly markets with alternative products; and they don't give all their code away for free, but instead select to give away or hold secret that which maximizes profit for their shareholders. Evil bastards! *cough!* --M"

Nice spin. Substitute MS for Apple in your post and everyone and everyone would say you were spreading FUD.Remeber when Apple sued the creator of playfair? This guy is next. Apple has always been just like MS. I'm surprised it took people this long to notice. Remember when they put all the clone makers out of business? They refuse to port their OS to x86 because they're using their software to sell their proprietary hardware solution. Try reverse engieering their BIOS to make a clone and they'll sue you into oblivion. Lucky for the rest of us non-MAC users, Compaq was successful at reverse engineering IBM's BIOS