----- Original Message ----- From: "Cory Papenfuss" Subject: Re: The RAW report
>> > Not unbiased, maybe. It does bring up a valueable point >> > exemplified by the fact that I cannot convert my RAW photos to >> > DNG's >> > at >> > this point. I do not own any Microsoft products (nor do I plan >> > to), >> > and >> > my Mac is about 12 years old. I run linux exclusively and while >> > the >> > RAW >> > conversion utilities support reading DNG's, I cannot convert my >> > current >> > PEF's to DNG. >> >> You might consider updating your computer and OS to something a bit >> more >> modern. >> >> William Robb >> > Actually, I'm running the linux kernel version 2.6.18.3 which was > released on November 16, 2006 on a machine with 2GB buffered ECC RAM > and > two 2.4 GHz Athlon processors. The hardware is a bit dated (IIRC it > was > about 18 months ago I bought it), but chances are pretty good that the > OS > you are using (if it be Winders or MacOS) is not as recent.... > "modern" > has nothing to do with it. > > WRT my choice of operating system, the concept of "open-source" is > something you might want to read into sometime... > When you said your Mac was 12 years old, I naturally presumed that is what you were using, not the unmentioned AMD. Not being a computer geek, I just use what works for me and get on with life. I am aware of the concept of open source. I'm not sure how it applies here though. Open source doesn't guarantee universal acceptance, merely the possibility of same. I was dealing with "open-source" in a different field some 20 years ago. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
