Talk:MP3Concept

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I'm not going to touch this myself (conflict of interest), but here are some things to do:

• It's not a bundle application, it's an old-fashioned single-file CFM Carbon application. It runs fine in Mac OS 9.
• The purpose was to show that a file could be a valid document (an MP3 file in this case) and at the same time a valid application.
• The article should mention that the whole thing would have remained completely unnoticed except for the actions of Intego, for which they were roundly criticised.

Sources:

• The original request: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc/msg/9d5ea7cfd42f5725
• The response: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc/msg/78f6611493b580be
• The most complete analysis freely available on the web came from TidBITS: http://db.tidbits.com/article/7636
• MWJ had more technical detail, but it's subscription based.

Bo Lindbergh 21:26, 15 August 2007 (UTC)