Re: CF: win32 client and XPM

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Subject: Re: CF: win32 client and XPM
From: Scott MacFiggen <smurf@csua.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 09:42:40 -0800
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>>>>>[From Scott MacFiggen]
>    I think it would be less work to add PNG support
>    to the server then to port XPM to win32...
>
>What's wrong with adding GIF support to the server instead?
>After all, most folks still use it on web pages.
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Because gif sucks as far as image formats go.
And it uses a patented compression algorithm, that
doesn't fit well with free software.

	-Scott
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