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2000 Sep 07
0
AW: What's in a name
...Donnerstag, 7. September 2000 11:02
An: 'vorbis@xiph.org'
Betreff: RE: [vorbis] What's in a name
explanation taken from
http://music.zdnet.com/misc/lowdown/081500_oggvorbis.html
What does the name "Ogg Vorbis" mean?
First, Vorbis was taken from a character of an ''exquisitor'' in the book
"Small Gods," a title in a series of Terry Pratchett fantasy novels.
Formally, Vorbis is the name for the specific audio compression scheme used
to create Ogg Vorbis files. It is ultimately part of the Ogg Vorbis CODEC
project (a branch of the overarching, open-multi...
2000 Sep 07
4
What's in a name
Hi all:
One of the things that struck me immediately about the OGG vorbis codec and
the OGG project in general were the names. When I was browsing the 2
websites some time ago, I failed to find mention of the relevance of either
of these. Since names often have some significance in the opensource
movement and these are somewhat unusual, I was wondering if someone could
comment on on OGG and