Re: Colorimeters and third-party developer support
Re: Colorimeters and third-party developer support
- Subject: Re: Colorimeters and third-party developer support
- From: Ernst Dinkla <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:25:06 +0200
On 08/19/2011 09:57 AM, Karl Koch wrote:
*snip*
If the communication interface for the Dreamcolor versions could be cracked I
suppose that ccmxmake could adapt the filtering sufficiently for other monitor
types. There may even be some experience on adaption with the NEC variety.
<irony> I´m not quite sure, cracking software or communication interfaces is
quite legal</irony>
Looks like that´s what had happened in ccmxmake, bt it can well be that Argyll
has permission to do so.
Let me rephrase that to: "an alternative driver created for".
*snip*
The current policy is bad for consumers and is anticompetitive.
I don´t think so! On the contrary: This policy (with which I don´t agree either,
but it´s X-Rite´s decision and none of my business) will encourage competitors
to develop, manufacture and sell new instruments without these restrictions. And
thus we will have a competitive situation not only in the field of software, but
also in hardware. This will break X-Rite´s monopoly – and they have begged for
it ;-)
My thoughts too. Too much good CM software around that needs compatible
hardware. What came to the surface in hard- and software so far from
the GM + M + X merges is not convincing. Including more restrictions on
its use + applying absurd new restrictions on the software it had to
replace. What looked like a potential monopolist some years ago could be
a niche player soon enough with this policy. A policy that Apple might
exploit successfully but not X-rite.
A redesign of for example the SpectroCam could have a bright future,
bundling it with a nice colorimeter for monitor calibration would
overcome the US patent issue too. Add something like Argyll's ccmxmake
and that bundle delivers more than the sum of two devices. Barbieri is
still alive, the Spyder colorimeters improved a lot and with a Chinese
CM software company running now it would be surprising if there would
not appear some hardware from that part of the world too.
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