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 | | Not to sound like a FOSS fanatic or anything, but if a file format of some kind is going to enter widespread use, it should be *required* to be an open standard. |
 | | A vendor forcing people to use their application only on their platform only to view a commonly used file is being unfair to other companies, unfair to the market, and unfair to users, including its own customers. |
 | | If MS really does manage to pull off 50% file size of JPEG combined with similar image quality, AND provided it as a published open standard without licensing encumbrance (and I know of a certain bridge in Brooklyn for sale, cheap!), then it would be interesting. |
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