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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!insync!uuneo.neosoft.com!web.nmti.com!peter 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 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4m2pdt$3ed@web.nmti.com> References: <4lk4cj$jko@sidhe.memra.com> <4ls5v0$764@news.interpath.net> <vm2wx312y9f.fsf@growl.cs.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14974 gnu.misc.discuss:24696 comp.windows.x.apps:11273 comp.unix.bsd.misc:860 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? -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them