That's because when a technology emerges that threatens to diminish Microsoft's control over the PC desktop, analysts and others say, it embarks on a course that ensures it stays in control. The tendency doesn't bode well for Apple's move into multimedia streaming, despite the fact that QuickTime is one of the most popular applications on the Net.
Ha ha ha ha! That's a good one. QuickTime is far superior to the MS video technology, for both regular and streaming video on computers. It's one of Apple's crown jewels, and as such, they should push it hard into the Wintel world. Apparently, MS is worried enough about it they've asked Apple more than once not to pursue it for Windows (hence the recent questions from the DOJ action). In fact, it was rumored to be Microsoft's illegal copying of code from QuickTime for its own MS Video that gives Apple the quarterly payments it receives from Microsoft. The total amount has never made public, but it is rumored to be substantially more than the $150 million stock investment.
If Microsoft can't invent it themselves in house, apparently they steal it. As such, Apple's superior QT technology should do well in the marketplace, just as the DOJ is breathing down Microsoft's neck for anti-competitive practices. |
