Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I thing it is a good situation now, with Adobe and the others fighting it out. However, Adobe have already swallowed one competitor (RawShooter), and this makes me wary. I am sure that their software will be "open" only as long as they see fit, and at some point will become proprietary to some degree - companies like Adobe are in the business of making money for their shareholders, not to benifit digital camera buffs (as indeed are Nikon, Canon etc). Adobe is pretty much a monopoly in their niche - what would your reaction be if Microsoft had come out with DNG as a open format? If any corporation in the world can get away with keeping things secret, they will. Cheers Jayanand G Hopkinson wrote: >Jayanand, I know whose image software I prefer from the examples you have >given us ;-) >But everyone's free to decide in the marketplace. That's how it should be. >Cheers >Hoppy > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Jayanand Govindaraj >Sent: Friday, 3 November 2006 14:19 >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:M8 DNG vs DMR DNG > >Hoppy, >Handing over something to Adobe is more dangerous than Nikon/Canon >IMHO....That is handing the keys to digital to as close a monopoly that >you can get. >Cheers >Jayanand > >G Hopkinson wrote: > > > >>Mehrdad, do you see this as a problem? Isn't the whole idea to have an >>open standard that any camera maker can use? With none of >> >> >the > > >>information encrypted or limited to a proprietary standard? Leica bundles >>a free program to read the files with the M8, as you >> >> >know. > > >>If another camera maker chose to use the format they could do the same. >>For users of Photoshop, of course, you can install a >>converter as a free plug in. >>Cheers >>Hoppy >> >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >