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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 01:40:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:40:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> The original .doc format was closed too.  You could get a look at the
> specs, but you had to sign a non-disclosure agreement first. I once
> heard from someone who signed the NDA and looked at the specs.  He said
> you really didn't want to know what was in there.
> It was a real dog's breakfast - but I suppose the people who
> revese-engineered it knew that already.

You just to look at what was public in the ISO 29500 so-called spec to see 
that it was an accumulation of many years of dogs’ breakfasts, piled one 
on top of the other.