On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Anthony G. Atkielski wrote: > shogunx writes: > > > Proprietary formats have no place in the IETF. The internet belongs to > > everyone, not Microsoft. > > Proprietary formats don't come exclusively from Microsoft, No, but they come with more abundence from them. I remember unisys and the gif debacle, among others. > and a lot > of public formats start as proprietary formats. Some do eventually see the error in their ways. > Even many public > formats are actually proprietary, even if they are available freely > for use in most cases. > Like pdf, I understand all of that. That does not mean we should encourage their use. Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf