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MS Proposes JPEG Alternative

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the standard-was-getting-stale dept.

automatix writes "Microsoft's new competitor to the omnipresent JPEG format has been shown at WinHEC and is discussed on CNET. The Windows Media Photo format has many promises associated with it. The program manager is claiming 'We can do it in half the size of a JPEG file.'. While 'the philosophy has been that licensing should not be a restriction', it is interesting that the specification requires a click-through agreement to even read it."

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  1. Re:Another Debate by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    they used to make only operating systems (which took them a while to perfect) and then they made Office (which took them a while to perfect)

    I'm sorry, but this must be some usage of the word "perfect" of which I was previously unaware.

    Is this like "The Bush Administration waged a war in Iraq, which took them a while to perfect"?