Re: WCS followup article
Re: WCS followup article
- Subject: Re: WCS followup article
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:20:38 -0700
In a message dated Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:15:21, Edmund Ronald wrote:
> My conclusion: WCS is going to be good for the consumer. But its
> proprietary nature is going to give everyone headaches. In particular,
> I expect that prints made with WCS probably won't be matchable on
> non-Microsoft platforms, because the profile calculation is only made
> at run time by Windows, so the profiles used are not exportable to a
> non-Windows system.
>
> I really wonder at this point what Apple and Adobe are going to do.
> Apple has not responded to a request for information, but they're more
> of a fashion house than a computer vendor these days.
I don't what other people think, but I am starting to believe that, no
matter how good WCS may prove to be (and it may even turn out to be great),
its "golden isolation" is bad news for the whole industry.
Do we really believe that the solution to our problems will come from a
PROPRIETARY, CLOSED SYSTEM?
I only see trouble brewing from a solution that says (sadly echoing the
current political climate) "you are with me or you are against me", forcing
everyone to choose sides. That's not how true progress takes place: not at
the hand of bullies.
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Marco Ugolini
Mill Valley, CA
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