Re: happy 30th, PNG!
Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]> Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:30:48 -0600
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--===============4222747839019277610== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----8Q6I6QT1Z4TMQVTFD8IG53W9QCKF2T" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------8Q6I6QT1Z4TMQVTFD8IG53W9QCKF2T Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Glenn was a best friend and mentor=2E One of the finest people I have ever = known=2E His contribution to PNG (and libpng) as well as other projects was= invaluable=2E Oh, and it also happens PNG's 30th anniversary=2E =F0=9F=98= =83 Bob On Mar 7, 2025, 1:26=E2=80=AFPM, at 1:26=E2=80=AFPM, Greg Roelofs= <newt@pobox=2Ecom> wrote: >It's not often one of the big anniversaries com= es around, so, you >know=2E=2E=2E > >The spec was finalized 30 years ago t= oday, and conformant >implementations started showing up shortly thereafte= r=2E (Well, there >were >already some even beforehand since they were nece= ssary to test the spec > >itself=2E Tip of the hat to Glenn Randers-Pehrson= , more commonly known >for >shepherding libpng until his death a few years= ago, but who also >rapidly >iterated on at least one or two experimental = PNG apps prior to the >spec's completion and created some of the earliest = still-valid PNG >images=2E) > >Greg > > >_________________________________= ______________ >png-mng-misc mailing list >png-mng-misc@lists=2Esourceforge= =2Enet >https://lists=2Esourceforge=2Enet/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc ------8Q6I6QT1Z4TMQVTFD8IG53W9QCKF2T Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body style=3D"zoom: 0%;"><div dir=3D"auto">Glenn was a = best friend and mentor=2E One of the finest people I have ever known=2E His= contribution to PNG (and libpng) as well as other projects was invaluable= =2E<br><br></div> <div dir=3D"auto">Oh, and it also happens PNG's 30th anni= versary=2E 😃<br><br></div> <div dir=3D"auto">Bob</div> <div class= =3D"gmail_quote" >On Mar 7, 2025, at 1:26=E2=80=AFPM, Greg Roelofs <<a h= ref=3D"mailto:newt@pobox=2Ecom" target=3D"_blank">newt@pobox=2Ecom</a>> = wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8e= x; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre cla= ss=3D"blue">It's not often one of the big anniversaries comes around, so, y= ou <br>know=2E=2E=2E<br><br>The spec was finalized 30 years ago today, and = conformant <br>implementations started showing up shortly thereafter=2E (We= ll, there were <br>already some even beforehand since they were necessary t= o test the spec <br>itself=2E Tip of the hat to Glenn Randers-Pehrson, more= commonly known for <br>shepherding libpng until his death a few years ago,= but who also rapidly <br>iterated on at least one or two experimental PNG = apps prior to the <br>spec's completion and created some of the earliest st= ill-valid PNG <br>images=2E)<br><br>Greg<br><br><br><hr><br>png-mng-misc ma= iling list<br>png-mng-misc@lists=2Esourceforge=2Enet<br><a href=3D"https://= lists=2Esourceforge=2Enet/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc">https://lists=2Esour= ceforge=2Enet/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><= /body></html> ------8Q6I6QT1Z4TMQVTFD8IG53W9QCKF2T-- --===============4222747839019277610== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============4222747839019277610== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ png-mng-misc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc --===============4222747839019277610==--