: As far as I know, fractal compression is patented, and the holder is
: "Interated Systems, Inc." This company was founded by the inventor
: of fractal compression.
: This may be bogus, but this is what I recall.
This is mostly correct. The company is Iterated Systems, Inc. MCI purchased
ISI last year, and retains all rights to the patent. I've heard rumors from
within MCI that they will try to incorporate the compression into future Net
browers (not based on the current HTML/HTTP systems).
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"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes
and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum
tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons."
-- Popular Mechanics, March 1949