Here is our official QT announcement
Open Source and Mac OS X Server Versions Available; Leading Vendors
Bring
QuickTime-Compatible Servers To Market
LAS VEGAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, April 19
/PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today introduced
QuickTime(R) Streaming Server software, the underlying server
technology that powers QuickTime 4's ability to stream live and stored
video and audio over the Internet. The technology can be downloaded by
developers as Open Source software -- the Darwin Streaming Server --
from (www.apple.com/publicsource) and is also available as a free
update to Mac(R) OS X Server, Apple's new modern server operating
system. Apple(R) also announced that leading media server companies
such as IBM and SGI are integrating QuickTime Streaming software into
their product lines.
"Finally, streaming live video and audio over the Internet no longer
requires proprietary software and expensive servers," said Steve Jobs,
Apple's interim CEO. "By including streaming as part of Mac OS X
Server and introducing Darwin Streaming Server, Apple is significantly
lowering the cost of streaming digital video and audio and the result
should be a deluge of high quality streamed content."
QuickTime Streaming Server software is available as an update for Mac
OS X Server, the Company's new server operating system, which combines
the proven strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh(R). With
the addition of QuickTime Streaming software, Mac OS X Server becomes a
complete modern server operating system for the Internet. Mac OS X
Server software can purchased for U.S. $499 and is also available
bundled with a powerful Macintosh Server G3 for U.S. $4,999.
Key features of QuickTime Streaming Server running on Mac OS X
Server include:
-- Ability to serve over 1,000 simultaneous audio and video streams at
modem rate connections;
-- Simple licensing model, with no 'per stream' charges; Support for
industry-standard RTP and RTSP streaming protocols;
-- Management tools allowing full administration of the server and
comprehensive reporting on performance and throughput;
-- Easy set up, with simple installer available for download from
(www.apple.com/macosx/server).
Darwin Streaming Server makes QuickTime Streaming Server
technology available to Open Source developers. Utilizing Darwin
Streaming Server source code, developers can build server products for
any platform, with the ability to stream QuickTime content over
networks -- using the standard Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
protocols RTP and RTSP. QuickTime Streaming is already being embraced
by leading media server companies and is a key component in IBM's new
VideoCharger multimedia server and SGI's WebFORCE MediaBase media
streaming system.
"The QuickTime community's unrivaled arsenal of editing and
optimization tools, combined with SGI MediaBase server's scalable
Internet streaming and asset management capabilities, will expand the
market for customers wanting to add media to their web sites," said
Jason Danielson, director of product management for Digital Media
Products, SGI. "Streaming QuickTime with SGI MediaBase offers the most
complete media streaming solution available."
Today, Apple also announced public beta versions of QuickTime 4 and
QuickTime 4 Pro (see separate release).
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the
1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the
1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original
mission -- to bring the best personal computing products and support to
students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons
and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.
Apple, the Apple logo, Mac OS, Macintosh and QuickTime are
registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and
product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the
individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
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