On 11/26/11 11:43 AM, John C Klensin wrote: > > > --On Saturday, November 26, 2011 12:11 +0100 "t.petch" > <daedu...@btconnect.com> wrote: > >> >> Could we also say 'No' to .docx, another incomprehensible >> format designed to persuade us to take time out, spend money >> and upgrade all and sundry? >> >> I notice some ADs/WG chairs using this and while it gets >> converted to good ole ASCII when it is archived, I would like >> to be able to read it earlier in the process. > > FWIW, I think that, if we are going to start banning proprietary > formats, it makes lots more sense to ban _all_ proprietary > formats, not just picking and choosing among proprietary formats > that are, e.g., more recent or less frequently > reverse-engineered than others. So, yes, let's ban pptx, docx, > ppt, doc, non-standardized forms of PDF, GIF, ... > > That leaves ASCII, a few forms of PDF, and RFC 5198-conforming > UTF-8. That wouldn't bother me much, but be careful what you > wish form.
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