Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!ucsd!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!fang!itd.dsto.oz!Garry_Newsam.macitd
From: Garry_Newsam.macitd@itd.dsto.oz (Garry Newsam)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: How well does Barnsley's system perform?
Message-ID: <609@fang.dsto.oz>
Date: 10 Apr 90 20:32:56 GMT
Sender: news@fang.dsto.oz
Organization: Defence Science & Technology,  Australia
Lines: 20
References:<3166@usceast.UUCP> <1571@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <35410@brunix.UUCP> <13652@cgl.ucsf.EDU> <5538@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>

A couple of weeks or so ago I posted a query on user's experience with Dr. 
Barnsley's Iterated Systems Inc. software;  as I got no response then, I 
thought I'd try again by tagging onto the present discussion.  We are 
interested in using the software for compression in an image database, but 
before we buy it we would like to know what it does, in particular whether 
it compresses automatically or whether it has to be manually guided.  Now 
that the price of VRIFS II has come down to ~$1,000 it is definitely 
affordable, but nobody likes to buy a pig in a poke and I have had some 
difficulty in finding out just exactly what VRIFS II does.

For these reasons I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has actually 
used VRIFS.  I should stress that I am not trying to find out how the 
software works, rather just some details on what it does.  I greatly 
enjoyed reading Fractals Everywhere and find the idea to be a beautiful 
and stimulating application of mathematics, but I also respect the 
authors' rights to realize any profits from their discoveries.

Garry Newsam

ANZUS:  Last line of protection for penguins