John Levine wrote: > > >What is much more important is that the data formats used by the > >IETF will still be fully supported in 15-20 years. For a new, > >and more so a proprietary data format, ... > > I'm confused. When you say a proprietary data format, I presume you > mean Microsoft's closed and undocumented PPT format, as opposed to > PPTX which is ISO/IEC Standard 29500. So you're arguing that > everyone should move to the standard PPTX. > > Or did you mean something else? PPTX is still proprietary. That things is so insanely huge and complex that hardly anyone can create an interoperable implementation. Microsoft regularly failed to created compatible implementations of their earlier DOC and PPT formats in later Office releases, so I would actually be surprised if they succeeded for this monster called ISO/ETC 29500. -Martin _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf