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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. I use Mac and Linux...... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    for everything precisely because Microsoft sucks.

    If Redmond suffers an nucular attack and M$ gets wiped from earth I can't say that it would affect me. Linux has matured into a reliable desktop replacement for me I see no need for me to ever even consider M$ crapware.

    The best part is, I'm IT director now at a sports publishing company and I'll make sure that decision is a company wide one. We already have a successful, M$ free company and we're perfectly happy.

    Sorry M$, karma is a bitch. No thank you, may your proposed image format die a deservedly miserable death.