----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel Py" <michel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Brian E Carpenter" <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx>; "John Levine" <johnl@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:09 AM > I think all of you guys are getting a little too serious about this > thing. > > Here's my take: even in a 100% Microsoft shop, .pptx is a pain as much > as .xlsx and .docx. And yes, I know about the free > "fileformatconverters.exe", thank you very much. It does not work on my > Microsoft cell phone that does not read .pptx, but does read .ppt. > > .pptx is a pain in the arse. I don't care if it's standard, legally > standard, IETF approved, de-facto standard, or anything. Even if one is > using a newer version of PowerPoint, one can "save as" .ppt. > > .pptx is just like HTML in a mailing list: just say no. 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. Tom Petch > > Michel. > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf