MS gave us CSS, a very handy technology, and a good way to separate content from presentation. Technologists will always find a better way to do things, and as mathematical theories evolve better algorithms will emerge. Better storage, yes, great! Better algorithms, why not, particularly if they are kept in the public domain.
-- - Ray Ray Shah - think design, inc. Web, application design, usability, training. rayshah at thinkdesign.com tel: 212.922.0952 x 212 http://www.thinkdesign.com mobile: 917.476.0952 On Oct 17, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Tom A. wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
