[MacDV] Re: Cheap trick

[Carl Flatow]

On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 09:25 PM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:

>
> On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 09:12  PM, Richard Dalziel-Sharpe 
> wrote:
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>> Thats the way Apple does things. Right.
>>
>
> I like Apple a lot but it is a cash grab and short sighted at that, 
> the licensing can be handled the same way they handle mpeg2 in QT (QT 
> requires a $19.99 plug in to play the Mpeg2 format) with a plug in 
> that you would have to purchase in order to use a external burner.  
> They are able to handle the licensing with DVD Studio Pro and external 
> burners but they feel we should make loyal Apple fans either buy new 
> equipment or premium (expensive) software.
>

I think that anyone who wonders why Apple finds it necessary to make 
money should ponder the Amiga. A superior computer platform that was 
too unconcerned with where its profits would come from to survive.

Carl