(keitai-l) Re: 24-bit PNG images to EZWeb phones?

The application is not going into an ISP but onto corporate servers.
Normally this would mean I could get away with the custom GD libraries
(which you put me onto Mika - thank you, I owe you some drinks at the
next party) but the specs require the application to be portable and
able to run on any of any of their servers worldwide.

Their IT people are not about to recompile every PHP box with modified
GD libraries let alone what legal would have to say about UNISYS
licensing issues. Incidentally, I have heard of UNISYS going after
companies in Japan which is a something of a worry.

What was DoCoMo thinking when the settled on the GIF format when PNG was
available and the licensing problems with UNISYS infamous?

Kyle

X-9 DESIGN LAB
http://www.X-9.com

-----Original Message-----
From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Mika Tuupola
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:31 PM
To: KEITAI-L
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: 24-bit PNG images to EZWeb phones?

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Kyle Barrow wrote:

> While PHP does a magnificent job at creating 8-bit PNGs, lack on GIF
> support on the PHP servers where the application will eventually run,
> kills PHP as an option as I am also branching i-mode and WML/HDML
> content.

	IMO this is just shitty service from the ISP. GIF support (among
	JPG and PNG) is one of  the most basic building blocks of many
PHP
	applications. Unisys patent issue sholdn't be an issue out of
US.

	If the ISP didn't have support for that or didn't include the
	support after asking them I would just move my money elsewhere.

[ excessive quoting removed ]


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