RE: URGENT: Need PDF of MS' input [Was Re: Seeking earlier feedback from MS]

I see.  I'm sorry, I was unaware until 5 minutes ago that the publishing process of this turned it into an XPS-or-PDF choice.  That's...unfortunate, and should be repaired.

(As an aside, could you little-r me and give me your take on why plaintext is preferable to HTML?)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Hickson [mailto:ian@hixie.ch]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:25 AM
> To: Chris Wilson
> Cc: Michael(tm) Smith; Arthur Barstow; Sunava Dutta; Michael Champion;
> Rigo Wenning; Charles McCathieNevile; Doug Schepers; www-archive@w3.org
> Subject: RE: URGENT: Need PDF of MS' input [Was Re: Seeking earlier
> feedback from MS]
>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >
> > I asked specifically why a PROPRIETARY format copy of the document
> was
> > being requested (by Art).  I'd expect HTML, personally, not
> plaintext;
> > I don't quite understand why we can't at least agree on HTML4.01 as a
> > basic document interchange format.
>
> The versions available right now are PDF and XPS. I believe Art was
> asking
> for the PDF version simply because that would be simpler for you than
> sending it in an open format like HTML, or, preferably, plain text.
>
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