Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th May 2006 19:18 UTC, submitted by JCooper
Microsoft If it is up to Microsoft, the omnipresent JPEG image format will be replaced by Windows Media Photo. The software maker detailed the new image format Wednesday at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here. Windows Media Photo will be supported in Windows Vista and also be made available for Windows XP, Bill Crow, program manager for Windows Media Photo said in a presentation.
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jonas.kirilla
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2005-07-11

As long as a Linux distro (or whatever other free OS) can't ship with mp3/etc codecs, certain device drivers, patented typeface hinting, anything common yet patented (old examples: GIF image support, encryption methods, etc) *out-of-the-box*, and there are manual steps to be taken to get that, most normal people will stay with Windows, remaining part of the problem.

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