QuickTime didn't need Microsoft's help. Apple didn't update it aside from security fixes for almost eight years.
As an aside do you have any actual evidence that Microsoft made QuickTime more unstable on Windows? Or is that just supposition?
PS - OS 9, like Windows 9x, lacked protected memory. So I have no doubt that a leak or other error in IE for Mac could cause the OS to crash. I hardly think that's really solid proof, just more proof that operating systems without memory protection are inherently a bad idea.
Someone1234|9 years ago
As an aside do you have any actual evidence that Microsoft made QuickTime more unstable on Windows? Or is that just supposition?
PS - OS 9, like Windows 9x, lacked protected memory. So I have no doubt that a leak or other error in IE for Mac could cause the OS to crash. I hardly think that's really solid proof, just more proof that operating systems without memory protection are inherently a bad idea.