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What Is The Future of PNG?

Posted by Hemos on from the life-of-its-own dept.

miladus writes "The GIF patent (held by Unisys) will expire on June 20. C|Net wonders whether that will also mean that PNG "will lose its original reason for being". Remember Burn All GIFs? " My hope would be that at this point PNG can stand on its own technical merits, rather then on ideological merits.

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  1. i've burned all my gifs by jellybear · · Score: 4, Funny

    to cd

  2. Choosy mothers choose GIF! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Not PNG.

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  3. Re:Let's face it by Surak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know. I even see ANSI graphics now and then. ;)

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  4. ought to be enough by gylle · · Score: 5, Funny

    One bit, that ought to be enough for anybody... :-)

  5. What is the future of PNG? by FrostedWheat · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is the future of PNG?

    PONG

  6. Re:problems with PNG by amentia · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, like when they replaced the Internet with MSN...