Posted by Matthew Russotto on 10/19/05 03:03

In article <181020051535034505%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>Again, it is not a limitation of QuickTime, but of the "free" QuickTime
>Player application -- you can write any number of applications that
>call the QuickTime APIs and present movies full-screen without
>upgrading to Pro. Why they put this limitation on the player app is
>something only the honchos at Apple could tell you.

The answer to that is easy, money. Full-screen playback is the one
feature that "regular" users who aren't using any of the other "Pro"
stuff (like editing and transcoding) would want. It's there to get
those regular users to buy "Pro".

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There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.

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