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ISO Could Withdraw JPEG Standard

Posted by timothy on from the thanks-forgent-have-a-nice-day dept.

McSpew writes "According to The Register, the ISO is prepared to withdraw JPEG as a standard if Forgent Networks continues to assert its patent claims over JPEG's compression algorithm." I'm sure the JPEG committee would still be happy to hear of prior art.

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  1. PNG by brsmith4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So? I could care less about JPEG anyway. PNG is a lot better. Better compression and better image quality. If JPEG wants to get itself into legal shit then it's its' own business. My wallpapers and my website images are all PNG and thats the way it will stay.

  2. Re:In other news... by pythas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Listen. This AYB shit may have been funny years ago, but it's not any more.

    It's time to stop.

  3. Re:IMPORTANT by Dthoma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This should solve your problem with the ol' guy.

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  4. META Question by ptomblin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    3 of the last 4 articles on Slashdot were lifted directly from The Register. If I want to read The Register (and I do), I'll read The Register, I won't come looking for The Register articles on Slashdot.

    Come on guys, how about finding your own news for a change?

    (And don't tell me to find my own and submit it - I've submitted about 5 articles in the past to have them rejected, only to see the exact same link in an article the next day. I can take a hint.)

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