Windows XP: Challenges & Opportunities for Imaging Companies
The extensive imaging functionality built into Windows XP changes the competitive landscape in the imaging industry, as Microsoft both empowers others and becomes itself a competitor. This executive overview of the implications of Windows XP features Future Image¹s independent tests of Windows XP¹s features in eight areas of imaging functionality -Image Acquisition, Image Viewing, Image Management, Image Archiving, Image Editing and Enhancement, Local Printing, Online Sharing, Online Photofinishing-and discusses the opportunities and challenges inherent to each. It also includes a summary of Microsoft¹s policies and programs for third party compatibility and marketing assistance, coverage of the Microsoft/Kodak dispute over the functionality of Windows XP and its resolution, and discussion of the issues surrounding PTO (Picture Transfer Protocol).
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