6 Jun
1999
6 Jun
'99
3:23 p.m.
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
In any case, I'll agree that each of us will have
an approach to "using" our
computer which may not suit someone else, and those who have a preferred
format for openly presented technical data should make their preferences
known. The people who actually prepare the data and present it for use will
probably have the final say, though and there's no guarantee that I will
have any more to say in the final choice than you.
Well, I definitely agree with Tony on this.
The fact is you're never going to get consensus amongst everyone on what
format the file should be in. So in this case, if the intent is to create
a public archive, you must go with the least common denominator, which
will serve everyone. In this case, that means plain ASCII for the text.
For the images or graphics, that's a bit trickier, but GIF format is about
the widest deployed graphics format out there.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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