Storage media (hdd) is getting cheaper and larger. I really do not see the need for a new compression algorithm these days. Especially from MS.
On Oct 17, 2006, at 7:12 AM, Mike Rippy wrote: > It would be too bad if it wasnt open source. "the philosophy has been > that licensing should not be a restriction" to adoption, Crow > said. Id > say the same thing if I were working for Microsoft. > >>>> akeshet at imj.org.il 10/17/2006 2:19 AM >>> > > Unlikely. Has anyone looked into this? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > "If it is up to Microsoft, the omnipresent JPEG image format will be > replaced by Windows Media Photo. > The software maker detailed the new image format Wednesday at the > Windows > Hardware Engineering Conference here. Windows Media Photo will be > supported > in Windows Vista and also be made available for Windows XP, Bill Crow, > > program manager for Windows Media Photo, said in a presentation. > "One of the biggest reasons people upgrade their PCs is digital > photos," > Crow said, noting that Microsoft has been in contact with printer > makers, > digital camera companies and other unnamed industry partners while > working > on Windows Media Photo. Microsoft touts managing "digital memories" as > one > of the key attributes of XP successor Vista. > In his presentation, Crow showed an image with 24:1 compression that > visibly > contained more detail in the Windows Media Photo format than the JPEG > and > JPEG 2000 formats compressed at the same level." > > http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6076650.html > > > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > fax 02-670-8064 > tel 02-670-8874 > akeshet at imj.org.il > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
