MS unveils new image format
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Originally Posted by Epoch
WTF? When what where? When did I claim anything like that? :eh:
When I worked for an ISP, all of our hosting was done on Unix or Linux boxes. We only had a .NET server around to run special apps for customers that specifically requested it, but it was kept literally isolated from all our other service boxes because of the inherent security risk it posed.
Now, I'm not claiming to be a network security specialist, but there's a reason we had all our important internal services, as well as a majority of our hosting, on *NIX machines.
When I worked for an ISP, all of our hosting was done on Unix or Linux boxes. We only had a .NET server around to run special apps for customers that specifically requested it, but it was kept literally isolated from all our other service boxes because of the inherent security risk it posed.
Now, I'm not claiming to be a network security specialist, but there's a reason we had all our important internal services, as well as a majority of our hosting, on *NIX machines.
Thats because windows products (asside from Server) weren't built for hosting and server applications. Thats why 60%+ of all servers run UNIX with Apache software. Its what it was built for.
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there is apache for windows... 
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a new image format would be great. JPGs are fine for most uses, but who wouldn't want higher image quality with a smaller file size? :screwy:
PNGs are good, especially because they're lossless and support alpha transparency. but PNG's compression can't beat JPG in filesize, so they're not ideal for general web uses... yet.
what clickwir is saying is right, tho. if MS doesn't open the format up and get it standardized, it's stupid, worthless, and shouldn't be used.
h:a new image format would be great. JPGs are fine for most uses, but who wouldn't want higher image quality with a smaller file size? :screwy:
PNGs are good, especially because they're lossless and support alpha transparency. but PNG's compression can't beat JPG in filesize, so they're not ideal for general web uses... yet.
what clickwir is saying is right, tho. if MS doesn't open the format up and get it standardized, it's stupid, worthless, and shouldn't be used.