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).

About the Author
About Future Image
Executive Summary
Overview: A Picture of Promise
Functions and Issues
Acquire
Image Viewing
Image Management
Image Archiving
Edit and Enhance
Print Locally
Online Photo Sharing
Online Photofinishing
Conclusions and Outlook
Appendixes
Microsoft Windows XP Compatibility Requirements
Future Image’s Windows XP Coverage:
July 2001: Controversy over PTP
July 2001: A Close Look at Windows XP
July 2001: Squabble over PTP — and Long-term Picture Profits
July 2001: Looking at PTP’s Origins
July 6, 2001: Kodak, Microsoft Squabble over PTP — and Long-term Picture Profits
July 27, 2001: Image-Enabled Windows XP May Face Legal hold-up
August 3, 2001: AOL/Kodak | Microsoft/Fuji- Big Four Square Off Over Pictures
August 17, 2001: Kodak, Microsoft settle Windows XP Dispute
August 2001: Kodak, Microsoft settle Windows XP Dispute Imaging Issues
August 2001: Battle lines: Fuji sides with Microsoft
August 2001: Executive interview: Kodak VP Details Windows XP issues
August 2001: Microsoft Responds to Kodak’s Windows XP Imaging Charges