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From: young@brahms.udel.edu (Phillip Young)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: Call for discussion: comp.multimedia
Message-ID: <16498@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 90 19:08:04 GMT
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>I still have to object strongly to comp.multimedia.  Multimedia is almost 
>useless as a descriptive word.  I went to a multimedia art show recently, 
>that featured art, for example, of papier-mache, gouache, and acrylic.  I 
>have attended multimedia lectures with three slide projectors.... 
>
>Interactive is the key word here...
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   Yes, but virtually EVERY computer program is interactive these days.
Just as "multimedia" has different connotations depending on whether you
come from a fine arts, boardroom presentation, or computing perspective;
so does "interactive".  To a video producer "interactive" connotes
interactive video.  This may be as simple as a level I videodisc and
doesn't involve a computer at all.  To a programmer interactive is
simply getting data, interactively, from the user.
 
  I agree that multimedia isn't the perfect name.  But, virtually every 
industry magazine (Dr. Dobbs, Infoworld, Byte, etc.) use the term to refer 
to what (IMHO) this group is about.  Any other name could cause potential 
new subscribers to pass us by.


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