IMBJR wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:59:40 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
> wrote:
>
>> IMBJR wrote:
>>> Costs? The software can be sourced freely. Just because you've been
>>> bitten by software does not mean we all have.
>>
>> And just because I've been bitten by software doesn't mean I'm lazy.
>
> I've got you in love with that word "lazy", no?
>
> But seriously, again I say, just because you've had bad experiences
> with software in the past is no sign that it will happen again, either
> for you or others. Shying away from the new because of the old is not
> going to get you far. Sure we all to a degree do not like progress,
> but progress is always present.

Indeed, but IME it's safest to let other people do the initial "progress"
and let them face all the problems.  I'll take up any new technology later
after all the problems have been ironed out and I don't have to waste my
time fiddling about.

This J2K case is a perfect example.  Do I bother to download extra software
and have to spend extra time converting each image to view it on my
computer, risk the software doing something nasty to my machine, and the
massive risk that most people won't be able to see my images?  Ok, so J2K is
a better format technically, but I'm not going to use it until it is the
"norm".

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