Re: discouraged by .docx was Re: Plagued by PPTX again

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On 11/26/11 11:43 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
> 
> 
> --On Saturday, November 26, 2011 12:11 +0100 "t.petch"
> <daedulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>
>> 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.
> 
> FWIW, I think that, if we are going to start banning proprietary
> formats, it makes lots more sense to ban _all_ proprietary
> formats, not just picking and choosing among proprietary formats
> that are, e.g., more recent or less frequently
> reverse-engineered than others.  So, yes, let's ban pptx, docx,
> ppt, doc, non-standardized forms of PDF, GIF, ...
> 
> That leaves ASCII, a few forms of PDF, and RFC 5198-conforming
> UTF-8.   That wouldn't bother me much, but be careful what you
> wish form.

HTML is not on that list?

Peter

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