Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:01:15 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Back to school Message-ID: <36B0DE2B.9CB4A6E2@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901282032260.19339-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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"Jason C. Wells" wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > >OK, such research could be done on the Internet, but telephone charges > >could make this prohibitive, especially for schools. I rather hope > >that with the increased acceptance of Linux in the mainstream we may > >see Linux versions of such software available in the not too distant > >future. Then I can get rid of 95. > > I think that free software can make this happen. Of course, it would be > really nice if the folks at Apple who like our code so much would build a > BSD version of Quicktime. > That would certainly help, maybe we should ask them? > Most of these programs are just collections of standard format clips, > pics, and some formatting. All most all of them are built with multimedia > toolkits like QuickTime or Director. > We've got IBM World Book and whilst what you say about using std format clips etc is true unfortunately they are all packed in proprietry format archives (wb.dat - 250MB) and they don't even put OS/2 binaries on the CD - it's Windows only. > Tools for unix to display the data formats exists. If there were a > quicktime or director clone, then the data on the CD could be read and > displayed as it would be on a PC. > Unless they will divulge these proprietry formats then there's not much hope of this happening :-( > Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. > Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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