Re: Is GIF on the ropes?

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Message-Id: <mailto:199501060105.AA29190@wugate.wustl.edu>
Date:         Thu, 5 Jan 1995 19:03:37 CST
From: Pete Bergstrom <mailto:bergstro%SRC.HONEYWELL.COM@wuvmd.bitnet>
Subject:      Re: Is GIF on the ropes?
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

>>>>> On Wed, 4 Jan 1995 13:35:54 -0500, "mailto:Walter_Gilbert@UMAIL.UMD.EDU--Maryland" <WALT@UMDD.BITNET> said:

> Thanks to Kurt Foss for the warning about .GIF format.  We should all

> switch to PKZIP, the generic compression software.  It does a better job

> of compressing than .GIF does.


Hmm.

How did you come to this conclusion?  On what subject matter does PKZIP do
"a better job of compressing than .GIF"?  In what encoding do you suggest
storing images such that pkzip compression may be useful? You were speaking
of images, right?

Pete

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