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From: glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: BAD NEWS FOR MAC -> NEXT PEOPLE
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Date: 2 Dec 90 23:44:03 GMT
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In-reply-to: mingo@cup.portal.com's message of 1 Dec 90 18:50:29 GMT

>	Maybe you should learn a bit more about the mac before expressing an
>opinion.  PICT and QuickDraw specs were published five years ago (Tech Note 
>#21), when NeXT was just a glimmer in Steve's eye.

These are metafile formats; tiff is for bitmaps. TIFF is a standard on
the Mac as well as every other platform. There's little likelihood
that Quickdraw will ever be an "interchange" format which is what
is being asked about here.

Don't worry - the native file formats on the cube are well-supported
on the Mac, PC and Sun machines as well. I interchange fonts,
RTF files, sound files and other such materials all the time. 
get your cube now.