CompuServe Messages

That particular battle was lost a *long* time ago, my friend. The Mac has benefited from having a file-based representation of all the graphics and text they place on a screen. It's called "PICT". Microsoft Windows has this, too, called the Windows "metafile". With this, it's easy to define a way for programs to place graphics (as PICT or WMF) in a document. Once a program does that in a standard, controlled way, it becomes possible to extend the metafile to do things it didn't do before – like playing movies. The Amiga has never had this. Until it does, every single application is forced to duplicate the functionality that comes for free in the Windows or Mac environment.