User: MGalactis

Re:Huffman alternative

On: Dropbox Open Sources New Lossless Middle-Out Image Compression Algorithm (dropbox.com)

Depending on the cost of extra CPU cycles vs. the cost of reduced storage, and the relative mix of JPEG files vs. other data files, this could save DropBox quite a bit of money.

Or more likely they'll build it into their clients and do the compression on the user's side, saving them on both disk space and bandwidth.