>Apple seem to be promoting Quicktime on Windows as well as Mac and this is
>a sensible thing to do. I have heard that Colorsync will be promoted in a
>similar way but can't find this on offer on their web site. What altenative
>is there? Or is there a clear offer I can't find?
>
>Will Pollard
>IT Consumers/ Acrobat Services

Jeff Martin, Senior Director of Worldwide Design & Publishing at Apple, gave
a presentation at Gutenberg Expo '98 (May, '98 in Long Beach, CA) where he
delineated the "Four Pillars" of publishing from Apple's point of view:
QuickTime, ColorSync, AppleScript, WebObjects.

These are NOT platform specific technologies. Given Microsoft's investment
in Apple and Apple's survival instincts, they can't be.

He specificly mentioned presentations of ColorSync he made to Microsoft's
development teams and their appreciation of it as a cross-platform standard
for addressing color issues. When and how it will be implemented remains to
be seen. Microsoft has licensed LinoColorCMMM Technology to improve color
management in Windows and it is compatible with ColorSync
(http://www.microsoft.com/corpinfo/press/1997/apr97/linopr.htm).

"With the LinoColorCMM as the default CMM, Windows-based applications that
support ICM 2.0 will also be compatible with Macintosh applications that
support LinoColorCMM-enabled ColorSync 2.0 (and later) technology from Apple
Computer Inc., ensuring color consistency across Windows and Macintosh
platforms."

C. Scott Miller

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