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Nikon collaborating with Microsoft?? Can't be good...

Postby Alex on Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:20 pm

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05060201nikon_nefwindows.asp

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Postby Hlop on Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:28 pm

Hi Alex,

Take it easy - fortunately, Nikon isn't going to implement Windows CE or PocketPC into the cameras :) Just supplying NEF format to M$
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Postby Alex on Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:30 pm

:lol: :lol: Mikhail,

Good one! Yes, I guess it could have been much worse, as you said.

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Postby Deano on Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:43 am

In a paranoid moment I wonder if this and the encryption of WB are related. Encrypt the WB and give/licence the code to Microsloth who then has a dominant position (for a change).

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Postby Glen on Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:57 am

Dean, I feel sick reading your words
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Postby MATT on Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:08 am

For a moment I thought I would have to switch to canon :shock:

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Postby birddog114 on Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:13 am

Deano wrote:In a paranoid moment I wonder if this and the encryption of WB are related. Encrypt the WB and give/licence the code to Microsloth who then has a dominant position (for a change).

Cheers
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That's could be their ways and intentions, I'm not too worry about, here or there we still have to live with.
Look at some large news agencies, they didn't bother either.
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Postby Paul on Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:17 am

The future is.... a Nikon camera with a Linux brain! :wink:
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:49 pm

Let M$ have it, before long it'll be on *nux ;)
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Postby xerubus on Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:58 pm

mentioning that M word on this forum is blasphemy!!!

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Postby Hlop on Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:31 pm

Paul wrote:The future is.... a Nikon camera with a Linux brain! :wink:


No way to screw up a good product with home made piece of software!!!!
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Postby xerubus on Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:36 pm

Hlop wrote:
Paul wrote:The future is.... a Nikon camera with a Linux brain! :wink:


No way to screw up a good product with home made piece of software!!!!


thems fight'n words....

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Postby Hlop on Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:52 pm

xerubus wrote:
thems fight'n words....

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Not really fighting. I'd say them are disappointment words based on my experience and from that experience will be my conclusion that camera with Linux brains will be brainless camera. (Hint: I'm not M$ guy, I'm unix systems administrator and network engineer)
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Postby gstark on Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:15 pm

I can just see the owners manual for the *nix camera ...

1: Download the latest source from http://whereever

2: Update your tools from .....

3: Check that all your dependancies have been resolved.

4: Make Cam

5: If that failed, visit .... for help ...
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Postby Hlop on Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:36 pm

Gary,

Completely agree! And this applies to my favorite FreeBSD as well

Everything has own place, platform and area of usage.

Nikon does perfect job and embeded software in the cameras just perfect (as something may be perfect in the modern world)
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Postby horstflotow on Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:24 pm

[quote="Deano"]In a paranoid moment I wonder if this and the encryption of WB are related. Encrypt the WB and give/licence the code to Microsloth who then has a dominant position (for a change).

Cheers
Dean[/quote]

The force is strong in Darth Microsloth, I can feel it.
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