Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 3rd Oct 2009 19:07 UTC
So, you thought this whole tug of war over iTunes synchronisation was over, right? The USB Implementers Forum slapped Palm in the face, and exonerated Apple from any wrongdoing. The thing is though, the USB-IF is pretty much a powerless organisation, so Palm tossed them aside, and fixed webOS iTunes sync in webOS 1.2.1.
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Didn't Apple buy iTunes rather than write it from the ground up?
More or less. They bought SoundJam, a popular shareware audio player. What they eventually released as iTunes was a not insignificantly modified version of this program (I continued to use SoundJam for a number of years as I preferred the modular, skinnable interface).
Apple's first choice was Audion (by Panic), but the developers punted and SoundJam was chosen instead. Excellent story at http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/