]far as i know Os X is BSD based ..
It is.
]I don't think apple would actually give a toss ... they want you to use
]their machines not somebody elses.. Maybe if everyone wanted to "pay" for
it
]then apple might look into it .. but until then shouting "i want a fast
]stable quicktime player for Linux/Bsd for free!" will be like taking a piss
]against the wind. They have nothing to profit from it except listening to
]people bitching about how buggy the would be prog is.
Apple provide QuickTime for Windows for free, so what's the difference
between this and providing it for Linux?
On Windows, every time it runs it prompts if you want to upgrade to
QuickTime Pro - they could do this on Linux too.
I'm sure the demand is there.
Gary
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