Posted by Derek Janssen on 02/06/07 00:02

E. Barry Bruyea wrote:
>>
>>Well, three of them: Sony's still going down with their own ship, and
>>Disney is owned by Apple, who wants to keep the codec in the QuickTime
>>family.
>
> Just where did you get the idea that Apple owns Disney?

Well, er, *one* of the provisos that let Pixar agree to be bought by
Disney was to let Steve Jobs now own 51% of the board stock, with
Michael Eisner departing--

And if the iTunes Movie Store is any indication, Disney will be doing a
LOT of cross-promoting of Apple products (like Blu-compatible h.264
codecs, for example) in the near future if they know what's good for
them, whether they have any choice in the matter or not.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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