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From: gary@dgcad.SV.DG.COM (Gary Bridgewater)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: PostScript Versus ASCII
Keywords: PostScript ASCII ODIF ODA
Message-ID: <1151@svx.SV.DG.COM>
Date: 3 Oct 89 07:19:42 GMT
References: <361@nrcvax.NRC.COM> <[A.ISI.EDU]30-Sep-89.08:17:15.CERF> <45f40447.18268@apollo.HP.COM>
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Organization: Data General SDD, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <45f40447.18268@apollo.HP.COM> marc@apollo.HP.COM (Marc Gibian) writes:
>This has been a very interesting discussion, but everyone seems to
>have missed what seems to me to be the real problem.  Let me give
>it a try ...

Nice try, too.  A standard, actual, honest data interchange format as opposed
to a proprietary, multi-versioned pseudo-standard.
Wrong.

Postscript looks OK but I think we are really missing an opportunity here.

We have a chance to solve two problems at once.  The new, improved CMIDEF -
Cloistered Monk Illuminated Document Exchange Format.

Surely all of us have a monastery near by which would be all to happy to produce
great looking, hand-lettered (in black and red) copies of the RFCs with
illuminated capitals, gilt edges, all solidly bound on vellum with pure
leather binders.  The data can be conveyed between the monasteries with a few
simple dial up lines provided by helpful local sites.  Or, even better, at last
something for all those homeless burros in Arizona to do - ferrying the
originals from site to site.

Their income would be supplemented and you would have something to treasure
for the rest of your life.  Just the index alone would be suitable for framing!
Special Illumination Groups could spring up - we could trade them like baseball
cards since each one would be unique.  Bind Or Frame sessions could be held at
Interop.

Paper?  Hell No - Vellum Forever !!

;->
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Gary Bridgewater, Data General Corp., Sunnyvale Ca.
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