[GEM-dev] [ pd-gem-Bugs-3517368 ] gem 0.93 does not play .mpg files on Mac OS X

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On 10/23/2012 11:56 AM, chris clepper wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Hmm, Max and the web were created on NeXTSTEP because it was such a great
>> media environment.  There definitely was a shift to consumer side at Apple,
>> but Apple was always much more consumer focused than NeXTSTEP.  The base
>> level
>> machine cost $10,000 in 1990!
>>
> 
> My information comes from sitting at One Infinite Loop with the heads of
> QT, Graphics and Imaging, etc during the transition from QT to QTKit.  I
> was also there the week all of those people were displaced to make room for
> the iPhone team on campus.  It was not a subtle hint where things were
> going.

Interesting. By the way, I wasn't trying to contradict what you say, but more
point out that NeXTSTEP was a great media OS. But yes, all those NeXTSTEP
people didn't necessarily stay true to that cause.  The lure of heaps of money
thru iTunes is I guess too strong.

.hc