Re: Microsoft on QuickTime bug

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

Funny that the best and brightest programmers at Real Networks and now 
Apple all couldn't avoid the same "bug," try as they might. At some point, 
you have to start wondering.

--Brett

At 07:53 PM 11/9/98 -0500, Case Roole wrote:
 
>
>Microsoft wrote a puzzling piece on their fixing Apple's QuickTime problems.
>I say "puzzling" because it make some hard and fast conclusions (including
>going from saying that "Mindcraft" verified Microsoft's findings to saying
>that "three independent" software labs did so).
>Basically, Microsoft claims that Apple should have better read *Netscape's*
>docs. Apple is now chastised for blackening Microsoft's support that is
>equal for all parties. Particularly benign is that Microsoft has quickly
>fixed the problem and made the fix available.
>
>Huh, how's that? They couldn't help when Apple asked for support in July and
>now they manage to quickly fix it? They directed Apple to ActiveX and now
>they should have read Netscape's docs?
>
>Anyway, you can find it at: 
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/Nov98/applefinpr.htm
>
>(Of course, there could have been three labs, but Microsoft failed to 
>mention them. Given the client list of Mindcraft I have some faith in
>their "independence", but perhaps somebody can tell more.)
>
>Sightly more comments (and an unhappy - irretrievable - paste action) can
>be found at http://bilwatch.net/
>
>-cjr
>