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Microsoft's HD Photo to Become JPEG Standard?

Posted by Zonk on from the what's-wrong-with-jpeg dept.

Mortimer.CA writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft has submitted their HD Photo to the JPEG committee: 'Microsoft's ongoing attempt to establish its own photo format as a JPEG alternative (and potential successor) took another step forward today when the JPEG standards group agreed to consider HD Photo (originally named Windows Media Photo) as a standard. If successful, the new file standard will be known as JPEG XR.' Microsoft has made a 'commitment to make its patents that are required to implement the specification available without charge.' While JPEG 2000 exists, HD Photo has several advantages (not the least of which is a lot less CPU power is needed). Is this a big of an issue as ODF/OOXML?"

2 of 369 comments (clear)

  1. "Nothing for you to see here; please move along" by R2.0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How ironic.

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    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
  2. JPEG 2000 by MobyDisk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why did JPEG 2000 not take-off? It looks much better than JPEG. Did patents kill it?