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QuickTime Creator Brings Flash and Office To the iPad, By Subscription

Posted by timothy on from the but-then-you-have-to-watch-flash dept.

New submitter adycarter writes "Steve Perlman, the man responsilbe for QuickTime and WebTV, has recently launched OnLive Desktop which now offers a 'plus' service enabling iPad users to use Flash, Microsoft Office and the ability to use a Gigabit-speed version of Internet Explorer. The service runs on the same basic technology as their game streaming service in that you're using your iPad as client to access a machine located in the cloud."

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  1. he is not responsible for QuickTime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    He is not the "QuickTime creator". Steve Perlman was a contracted tester on portions of QuickTime. His main claim to fame in that timeframe is that when the people actually responsible for QuickTime (like Bruce Leak) left Apple for elsewhere shortly after it shipped, he stayed behind at Apple.

    He was however a co-founder of Catapult who did the X-Band modem and service as well as founding WebTV as listed here.

  2. Re:Whom would this benefit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    People who have an iPad but not a MacBook Air?

    That's like stealing from Apple. Are you a thief?