On Wednesday 05 September 2001 14:48, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 September 2001 04:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Finally, I like the idea that my work will be accessible in its source
> > format in 20 or 30 years time, as long as I have a readable ascii file, I
> > can get to it, I would be surprised if I could do the same with a Word
> > format document and all the other proprietary file formats associated
> > with Word/Windoze.
> >
> > Pete
>
> What Pete said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> is what I was trying to say. The operant question is "who owns your data".
> With ascii LyX native markup, I own it. Forever.
Well, that goes for most formats other than the notorious .doc . I think
it's more important that LyX outputs LaTeX. Which reminds me - sorry for the
off-topic question - does anyone remember a WP called Wordwriter (used to be
popular on the Atari) and have any idea how to convert its files to something
more current?
Robin
