Microsoft stops developing Windows Media Player for the Mac
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft has apparently stopped developing Windows Media Player for Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X, choosing instead to direct people to a third party that offers components for playing Windows Media files in Apple's QuickTime player.
Media encoding specialist Telestream said in a statement released Tuesday that Microsoft had agreed to distribute Windows Media components for QuickTime through the Nevada City, Calif., company's Flip4Mac technology. Flip4Mac enables Mac OS X users to play Windows Media video and audio directly within QuickTime.