[SIGCIS-Members] JPEG history

[James Cortada]

Thanks for sharing this interesting article.  This software tool is a good
example of what happens when something works well. Microsoft Word, Google
(at least so far), CDs are other examples.  Why change when what you have
works "good enough" for most people?  Second, it was sufficiently promoted
(marketed) to push to the side alternatives.  For those of us writing
articles and books, every publisher requires use of Word and JPEGS.

Regards, Jim Cortada

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM Jonathan Coopersmith via Members <
members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:

> And another example of reaching out to a wider community:
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> https://spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-format-history
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> Stay sane,
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> Jonathan
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> Jonathan Coopersmith
> Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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> Professor Emeritus
> Department of History
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX  77843-4236
> 979.739.4708 (cell)
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> with Arthur Daemmrich, “The Road Not (Yet) Taken.  Historians As Policy
> Professionals*,” AHA Perspectives* May 2025, 18-20.
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> "'What Were We Thinking?' Space Commercialization, 1960-1990,"  in Brian
> C. Odom, ed., *The Rise of the Commercial Space Industry. Early Space Age
> to Present* (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
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James W. Cortada
Senior Research Fellow
Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
jcortada at umn.edu
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