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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:02:12 -0000, "scott" <sco### [at] spam com> wrote:
>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.
The problems are never all ironed out. If you followed your rule to
the letter you wouldn't even have appeared on this group.
>
>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".
LOL
Such a good example of technophobia.
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