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From: dcrocker@nsl.dec.com (Dave Crocker)
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Subject: Re: Multi-media mail standards; Forw: Use of ODA in the Internet
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Date: 14 Aug 90 23:14:12 GMT
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Hi, Jim.

With respect to Postscript, pardon my using a small
item from a recent IETF meeting, at which there was
similar discussion about using it as an exchange 
standard, but

I have a small question:  What is postscript?  

People keep talking about it and they even keep
exchanging files that are supposedly of that type,
but I am impressed with the frequency with which such
files do not print.  (Yes, I am also impressed with
the number of times they DO print, but the failures
seem infinitely more interesting to me.)

I.e., there ain't no such thing as standard postscript.  You 
can point to any document you want, but it appears
not to reflect reality.

Dave