I was just reading about this, and I see two additional problems:
1. RAW as a format - I think that by definition, you cannot upload a RAW image to a web site as an inline viewable that others can look at.
2. Raw large file sizes - RAW images do not have the kind of built-in compression that JPEG and GIF have. As a result, they would be pretty huge. And people would have to download them, and suck up extra bandwidth to check out an image that they might not really like anyway.
3. Lack of IR capture - a RAW file does not capture any special wavelength, like infra red. Instead, it's specialized sensors pick up combinations of red, green, and blue, to combine into a single full-color image. Supposedly, you could put an IR lens filter on that camera and then take the shot, but there is a chance that the sensor in the camera will use its built-in IR filter to block what your lens allows in.
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