Re: Do choosy mother mothers choose GIF?

Subject: Re: Do choosy mother mothers choose GIF?
From: dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:14:22 -0700


John Posada wrote:
>
> So "Graphic Interchange Format" was invented to fit GIF?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marguerite Krupp [mailto:mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com]
>
> In an interview, the guy who developed the graphic interchange format (gif)
> said that he pronounced it "JIF", as in peanut butter, in tribute to the
> amounts of the stuff he consumed while developing the format.

John, she didn't claim the guy *named* it GIF to honor the peanut butter, only that he decided to *pronounce* it with a "J" sound.

--David

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