[sybren]

Dude, you shouldn't do that! Especially if you note a drop in quality! RAW conversion software gets better (or you obtain better software in the process) so in a year from now, you'll be able to get higher quality photos from those same RAW files. To give you an example: I just bought a Noise Ninja Pro license the other day. Now I have the ability to go back to my RAW files and re-convert them to JPEG taking full advantage of Noise Ninja.

You might think "wait a minute, now you'll have to re-edit the RAW files. You can't seriously remember every edit you've ever done to every one of your photos!" Of course I can't, but my editor/converter Bibble Pro is nice enough to remember it for me. All I have to do is check the "Noise Ninja Registered" checkbox and press the "Convert to JPEG" button again. Presto, instant increase in quality.