Editor's Note: As seen at UCON 2001 by our NewsDesk Editor, S. Malkah Cohen, this new product release "has all the earmarks of a revolution." The new W3D file format is finding immediate acceptance by the studios producing such images, with 80% of Macromedia's independent developers already assigning this as the in-house standard. Since these developers also represent quite a substantive majority in this field, this is important information for ColdFusion developers to keep in mind as well.
Macromedia Introduces New Version Macromedia Director Software (ZDNet Tech InfoBase / TelecomWorldWire, April 11, 2001)
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