From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Not new even - just a name change?

http://www.playfuls.com/news_06461_Microsofts_HD_Photo_Format_Explained.html
Bill Crow, program manager for the Windows Media Photo (the previous name
for HD Photo), declared last year during a WinHEC presentation that while
developing WMP, Microsoft has kept tight contact with printers producers or
digital cameras companies, naming digital photography as "one of the
biggest reasons people upgrade their PCs is digital photos".

Crow surprisingly added later on his blog that HD Photo is not a new file
format, it's just a re-christen of Windows Media Photo (which comes in
contrast with Microsoft's press release): "No, it's not another file
format. We have re-christened Windows Media Photo as HD Photo.  We've
listened closely to the feedback from our partners and customers, and in
response, we have made some important changes, including this new
name."

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:45f176fe$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Unfortunately the article is silent on the IP terms of the submission.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:45f0c54d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I wonder if you'll have to submit your photos for wga certification?
>>
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8636
>>
>> Microsoft will soon submit a new photo format to an international
>> standards organisation (ISO) that it says offers higher-quality images
>> with better compression.
>>
>
>

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