On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Yaakov Stein wrote:
2: Folks who can't read MS Word documents are also irrelevant. It's the "most 'standard' document exchange language on the Internet". (Actually all its versions are from the people who invented the Internet, please don't forget to submit an IPR note). [YJS] I don't really believe that there are many people who can not read MS Word documents. And I believe that the number of people who can read neither Word nor PDF is infinitesimally small.
It does not matter how many people can read MSWord. The only supported formats should be the ones where you know what the format is (and not the ones that depend on particular program). Now PDF does qualify but it is basicly an extended version of PostScript. Since IETF already accepts postscript, the question should be is there a need for features in PDF that are not in standard postscript. If there is then we can talk about it. BTW - PDF also still rather "fluid" format with multiple versions and not always clear if PDF you create could be read by all readers in the same way you intended. So if PDF is as format, then exact version must be specified as well. -- William Leibzon Elan Networks william@xxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf