Re: getting around the GIF problem.

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On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 09:13:40PM -0700, Karl Williams <lordwill@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to mention that there is another format that your organization
> might want to take an interest in. It is called ILBM , InterLeaved Bit Map,
> its a format created by Electronic Arts, when then they produced a program 
> for the Commodore Amiga called Delexe Paint. The program uses a 

It is also absolutely dead, with compression technology 15 years old. It
is alos supported by the Gimp already.

> Becuase I cant use GIF in my own programs becuase of the Unisys licence 
> problem. I have to develop a program that reads ILBM the format. Its

This is a very very bad idea. There are much better formats around, like
PNG, that will cost you much less development time (read: none).

> Please tell me what you think...

If you came 10 years earlier...

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