One big reason is the PNG/MNG extension naming crazyness. People love using GIF both animated and static without needing to worry about the extension. There is a lot of code out there (ad serving) which assumes the extension won't need to change for animated vs static images, and this just adds one more thing to worry about. If the creators of PNG (as good as it is technically) had thought a little bit more about the end user and what would have been necessary to switch to their format (i.e. market research), they might have made things easier.
Since last night (May 29, 2003), the FCC web page set up for receiving public comment on Broadcast Ownership:
http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload?hot_docket= 1006400938%7C02-277%7CBroadcast+Ownership&Send=Con tinue
or
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload?hot_docket=10 06400938%7C02-277%7CBroadcast+Ownership&Send=Conti nue
Has returned:
"There has been an error" When attempting to post a comment.
Public outrage on this issue seems to have brought the FCC servers to their knees.
The parties intending to continue legal action include nine states - Iowa, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, Florida, Kansas, Utah, Minnesota, and West Virginia - as well as Washington, D.C.
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One big reason is the PNG/MNG extension naming crazyness. People love using GIF both animated and static without needing to worry about the extension. There is a lot of code out there (ad serving) which assumes the extension won't need to change for animated vs static images, and this just adds one more thing to worry about. If the creators of PNG (as good as it is technically) had thought a little bit more about the end user and what would have been necessary to switch to their format (i.e. market research), they might have made things easier.
The rules we are talking about also cover newspapers, and the radio is already heavily consolidated. Wake up.
Since last night (May 29, 2003), the FCC web page set up for receiving public comment on Broadcast Ownership: http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload?hot_docket= 1006400938%7C02-277%7CBroadcast+Ownership&Send=Con tinue
or
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload?hot_docket=10 06400938%7C02-277%7CBroadcast+Ownership&Send=Conti nue
Has returned:
"There has been an error" When attempting to post a comment.
Public outrage on this issue seems to have brought the FCC servers to their knees.
The parties intending to continue legal action include nine states - Iowa, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, Florida, Kansas, Utah, Minnesota, and West Virginia - as well as Washington, D.C.
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http://money.cnn.com/2001/11/06/technology/msft
Today, the attorney general of NY, Eliot Spitzer announced that he would cave in and sign the Microsoft antitrust settlement. I think that was a bad decision. Tell him what you think of that decision. http://www.oag.state.ny.us/emailag/