Comment Re:GIF's are almost useless anyway (Score 1) 483
We've been hearing about PNG for damn near 3 years now, and even in 4.x browsers it still isn't fully implemented. The simple fact of the matter is that $$$ talks. Since about 60% of my web viewers are using 4.x browsers, I could probably get away with using PNG on my site in place of gif's... but (and you knew there'd be one of these). Everyone on 3.x and older browsers would be SOL. But wait, whats that? you can get a plugin? Ahh.. but if you use a plugin, you have to use the INBED tag in the html, which means that newer browsers wouldn't be able to see them unless they too had the plugin, thus negating the need for anyone to upgrade their browsers. (kind of a circular argument, I know but...)
It's the same reason that I keep my site looking good for people that are using AOL... Money talks and they provide more than 70% of the traffic to my web site.
I can understand some animosity from the open source community about this, as I personally think patenting a piece of software is pretty bogus. (Isnt intellectual property generally copyrighted?)
All my software is major label stuff, so I'm not going to worry about royalty fees or liscense fees until, and unless someone from Unisys comes knocking on my door.
-Twitch
It's the same reason that I keep my site looking good for people that are using AOL... Money talks and they provide more than 70% of the traffic to my web site.
I can understand some animosity from the open source community about this, as I personally think patenting a piece of software is pretty bogus. (Isnt intellectual property generally copyrighted?)
All my software is major label stuff, so I'm not going to worry about royalty fees or liscense fees until, and unless someone from Unisys comes knocking on my door.
-Twitch
