On January 18, 2005 12:15 pm, Konstantin Klyatskin wrote:
> http://www.absoluteword.com/jpglib/
> JPEG/GIF decompression library for Palm OS
> available in sources and binaries. Free if you are OK with nags it draws.
> You have reinvented one more wheel., haven't you.
Seems you mention your library every time the word JPEG appears in a subject
line... ;D Unfortunately I attempted to use your library and found it
wanting.
<rant>
I haven't re-invented anything in this instance. I simply used a 100% FREE
and OPEN SOURCE alternative to your product to create a very simple, clean,
and free application.
Very few are willing to put up with nags. Especially from a graphics library,
whose nags appear as distortion to the graphic being displayed.
I like to give my products, even ones built for in-house use like JPEGView
was, a more polished and professional look than what can be accomplished
through nag-ware. Your library may have ease of use but the JPEG armlets
Matthew Fleming ported are the fastest I have seen so far.
I asked you, a long time ago, about the possibility of using your library
nag-free in an open-source project. Failing that, I requested a price quote.
The price was so far above what I perceived to be reasonable that I found it
more cost effective to use a completely undocumented armlet and work from
scratch.
<rant>
Speaking of which, I'm currently investigating porting of the Independant JPEG
Group's source to PP - Palm Pascal - and creating a shared library out of it
with support for both 68k and ARM. Direct competition, possibly. Open
source and free - most definitely.
--
Matthew Bevan, Margin Software
- Re-inventing the wheel, every time.
Finagle's Eleventh Law:
No matter what occurs, someone believes it happened according to his
pet theory.
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