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From: a1406@mindlink.UUCP (Elise Tarrant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ANIM converter?
Message-ID: <1388@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 90 20:22:39 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> baer@qiclab.UUCP writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <4528@qiclab.UUCP>
> Posted: 28 Mar 90 19:11:51 GMT
> 
> Org.  : Animators Anonymous, Portland, OR.
> Person: Ken Baer
> 
> >      Anim-5, as outlined in the IFF docs, is not being adhered to by
> anyone.
> 
> A pretty pretentious statement.  The problem is that the ANIM spec is pretty
> loose, and many people are interpretting it differently.  For example,
> 
> Okay, point taken, Ken. Perhaps I could have said it differently.
> How about: Most IFF anim programs need work before someone can use them
> all in harmony. Better? :-)
> 
> 
> (prez. of Hash Enterprises) was head of the IFF ANIM committee (not
> Gary Bonham).  I was also involved on hammering out the op5 variant of
> ANIM, so to suggest that we don't follow a spec we helped write is
> rather insulting.
> 
> I'm sorry you feel insulted. That was certainly NOT my intention. And,
> while I'm at it, my apologies to Martin Hash also if he felt like you
> do about what I said.
> 
> many
> people use it for that purpose.  But, I'm afraid you're not first on the
> market.  Editor's been out for 1.5 years already, and gone through several
> revisions (bug fixes and new features).
> 
> I'm not trying to bash your product.  I hope that you can get it to market
> and that it will be successful.  We can always use more good ANIM tools.
> But, to bash my program and many others just to hype your product that
> isn't even available is something I find objectionable.
> 
> My intentions were not to 'bash' your product or to unduly inflate ours.
> What I'd like is for all the programs to get updated so that we don't have a
> product to sell! I'd rather be animating than dealing with
> incompatability problems. I'm glad I can scratch Animation: Editor off
> our list of programs that cause problems. When are you going to announce
> the availability of the upgrade?
> 
> 
> --
>     //    -Ken Baer.  Programmer/Animator, Hash Enterprises.
>   \X/     Usenet: baer@qiclab.UUCP  or  PLink: KEN BAER
>           "I want to be an ..... ARCH VILLIAN!!!" -- Petey Pate.


Elise Tarrant