Will a QT movie play on other computers if . . .

Hi,
We're using a FCPro timeline set up as 422 Prores. If I export a SC QT movie of our master . . . will other computers be able to play that QT movie if they don't have FCPro loaded?
I know when we were using DVCPRO HD timelines, other computers had to have the DVCPRO HD codec installed - which they normally wouldn't have to do - but with that codec, the exported Self Contained QT movie would NOT play on a computer with regular QT on it. (They needed that special codec.)
But with a Prores 422 export - I thought all computers would play that QT? Or am I wrong?
Thanks
Larry

Doug, you're a GEM! And I thank you for your response - because of you - I dug deeper and learned more! Hohoho and a very funny response, too.
Actually, I'm pretty experienced with FCPro - but I do seem to have huge gaps of knowledge! Very huge, sometimes!
And you are quite right - you'll never go wrong with h.264 - although if I drop it on a timeline and render it - it'll edit fine - but you KNOW that! But for many without FCPro - they couldn't - so it was a good answer!
Meanwhile, here's some test footage I shot with a new camera about 2 years ago - I'm sure you'll enjoy the footage . . .
http://www.trivue.org/Trivue/Time_Remap.html
Thanks again,
Larry

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