From jhodgson@mailhost.sju.edu Wed Dec 20 21:08:29 2000 Received: from mailhost.sju.edu (mailhost.sju.edu [129.68.113.50]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA71297; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:08:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhodgson@mailhost.sju.edu) Received: from kowalski.sju.edu (jhodgson@kowalski [129.68.113.15]) by mailhost.sju.edu (Switch-2.0.1/Switch-2.0.1) with ESMTP id eBKK7pE14910; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:07:51 -0500 (EST) From: Jonathan Hodgson Received: (from jhodgson@localhost) by kowalski.sju.edu (8.9.3+Sun/) id PAA10021; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:07:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:07:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200012202007.PAA10021@kowalski.sju.edu> To: James.W.Moore@ieee.org Subject: Re: (SC22docs.1075) SC 22 N 31942 Cc: jkr@rl.ac.uk, sc22info@dkuug.dk, lrajchel@ansi.org, keld.simonsen@dkuug.dk X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Just as long as I am not required to create word documents. Jonathan > From SC22docs-request@dkuug.dk Tue Dec 19 08:25:08 2000 > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:03:55 -0500 > From: "James W. Moore" > X-Accept-Language: en,pdf > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: James.W.Moore@ieee.org > CC: John Reid , sc22info@dkuug.dk, lrajchel@ansi.org, > keld.simonsen@dkuug.dk > Subject: (SC22docs.1075) SC 22 N 31942 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > John and others, > > I apologize for the sarcasm; I'm a bit out of sorts today. > > I stay with the point, though. If we all follow the same conventions, > then the Secretariat will not have to treat us all differently. That, in > turn, will lead to a reduction in error rate. > > The war over Microsoft Word was fought and decided in JTC1 long ago. We > must live with the result. > > Regards, Jim > > "James W. Moore" wrote: > > > > John and others, > > > > This reinforces my opinion that we are all better off to stick to > > established conventions even if they do not suit our individual > > preferences. If the document had been a Word document in the first > > place, no error would have been made in the attempt to redistribute it. > > > > As for the attachment that you have sent, my email system doesn't seem > > to recognize the filetype of "application/x-sun-default". > > > > Regards, Jim Moore > > > > John Reid wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Members, > > > > > > > > It has been pointed out that the previously circulated version of SC 22 N > > > > 31942 is incorrect. It appears that in my attempt to group the related > > > > documents together I converted the text file to a word document and the > > > > conversion from text to Word corrupted various elements in the document. I > > > > apologize for the problems this created. > > > > > > > > Please discard the previously circulated Word version of SC 22 N 31942 and > > > > replace it with the attached document. > > > > > > Oh dear! This reinforces my opinion that Word is not a suitable > > > vehicle for standards work. The new version that Lisa sent you > > > is just a text version of the corrupted document. The correct > > > one is attached. > > > > > > John Reid. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Type: application/x-sun-default > > > Part 1.2 Encoding: quoted-printable > > > Description: N31942.txt > > > > -- > > > > James W. Moore, WC3 Standards Coordinator > > The MITRE Corporation, W534 > > For US mail delivery: 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22102 > > For express delivery: 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190 > > Office: +1.703.883.7396 Fax: +1.703.883.5432 > > For MITRE use only: moorej@mitre.org > > For everyone else: James.W.Moore@ieee.org (Same as moorej@acm.org, > > and jw.moore@computer.org) > > Please do not cc my various aliases! One is enough. > > -- > > James W. Moore, WC3 Standards Coordinator > The MITRE Corporation, W534 > For US mail delivery: 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22102 > For express delivery: 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190 > Office: +1.703.883.7396 Fax: +1.703.883.5432 > For MITRE use only: moorej@mitre.org > For everyone else: James.W.Moore@ieee.org (Same as moorej@acm.org, > and jw.moore@computer.org) > Please do not cc my various aliases! One is enough. > >