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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.windows.x.apps,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Portable database library for Linux/FreeBSD
Date: 29 Apr 1996 16:06:21 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <vm2wx312y9f.fsf@growl.cs.utexas.edu>,
Ajit George <gajit@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Microsoft's Multimedia Extensions for Windows 3.0 (now isn't that a
> dated title) use the RIFF file format to store multimedia data such as
> .WAV files, .AVI files, etc.  RIFF appears to be very similar to or a
> sub/superset of IFF.

Typical. Something becomes a standard so Microsoft puts out slightly
incompatible version and ships it with everything. So much for trying
to develop good standards by consensus. Why don't we just send Bill
all our money now and have done with it?
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