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NPR responds to "No QuickTime" decision

updated 03:55 pm EDT, Tue April 22, 2003

A MacNN reader forwarded a note from NPR about its decision to drop QuickTime streaming from its Internet services: "For several years, has been offering some of our audio in QuickTime, but recently the arrangement between Apple and NPR expired. During the last several months, Apple and NPR have tried to work out the terms to renew that arrangement, but were unable to come to an agreement. It doesn't reflect on Apple's technology -- business and legal issues alone have led to this outcome."

 
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What shall....

04/22, 04:10pm reply

What shall Robert Segal say about this? And what of Linda Worthheimer? They'll be devastated!



Oh, this means G5 iPods in 2004.

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Expected

04/22, 04:21pm reply

Looks like yet another victory for Real and Windows Media Player streaming, all chalked up to Apple's legal department.


Good job, bozos.

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Congratulations

04/22, 04:22pm reply

Congratulations,

I, Steve Jobs, am a f****** moron.

Sincerely,

Steve Jobs
Chief s****-Up Officer
Apple "Let's s**** Everyone Over" Computer, Inc.

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Blah

04/22, 04:31pm reply

Who cares about NPR - just a bunch of anti-American neo-commies anyways getting fat off Gov't subsidies (try competing in the real marketplace, you know where Conservative talk radio RULES your stupid [deleted]).

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wtf

04/22, 04:32pm reply

why do they even need to work out an agreement with apple? Why don't they just use Quicktime? Are they looking for a handout from apple to use their technology? Millions of sites use quicktime every day without an Agreement with Apple. The server is free, the encoder is $30.

THis is just stupid. Can someone please make me look stupid and tell me why they cna't just USE quicktime?

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Not Apple's Fault

04/22, 04:32pm reply

You do realize what happened at NPR, right? They were offered a huge deal by Real and Apple wasn't able to afford to compete. Apple offered some support for continuation of QT, but, when presented with money from Real to use their format, NPR had little choice.

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it's not a big deal

04/22, 04:33pm reply

talk on other lists suggest Apple was probably subsidizing NPR's bandwidth, and decided that it wasn't a winning investment.. it's not clear that Apple loses anything from this

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Yeah

04/22, 04:35pm reply

Windows Media and Real have been taking over, not because of superior technology, but because of brute money. Apple has trouble competing with that...

To the people who talked about Apple s******* up: This isn't like some weird licensing deal where NPR refused to sign a contract. This is Apple saying "we don't have millions of dollars to give you to help get you using our format".

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Who cares?

04/22, 04:35pm reply

Its freakin' NPR for goodness sakes. You know, the "we're on NPR and its your privilege to listen to us talk" people.

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I don't care

04/22, 04:39pm reply

Real Media works on Macs, too. I catch a lot of NPR this way.

I mean, does this actually hurt Apple in any way? Didn't think so.

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