Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Apple vs Microsoft re Quicktime
Author: Brian Wilder Posted: 11/11/1998; 2:05:25 PM Topic: First message Msg #: 308 (In response to 301) Prev/Next: 307 / 309
Personally, I am surprised that Apple did not make the Quicktime player an ActiveX control. That decision sounds like laziness combined with stupidity to me. (Look at Macromedia's Shockwave - available as ActiveX control, plug-in, even Java applet - if you want to get a rough idea of potential comparative program size and performance.)One useful data point is a comparison of Windows Media Player with the Quicktime Player, running a quicktime video. Use Wintop (the Msft Kernal powertoy) to compare the processor cycles consumed. Quicktime is a pig.
Another "fact" that should not be overlooked is that file associations on Windows are a mess, with installation programs "stealing" associations from one another without consulting the user, and that is an architectural problem created (and maintained?) by Microsoft.
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