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From: wwedel@uswest.com (Wally Wedel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: A/UX 3rd party product list
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Date: 23 Aug 90 18:36:12 GMT
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>What's wrong with compressed cpio or tar archives whose textual material 
is
>formatted per [nt]roff or TeX standards so that ANYONE can read and/or 
process
>the material using the commonly available and/or "free" tools which 
accompany
>one's system(s)?

What's wrong is that if someone has chosen to use the features available 
in Word or MacWrite to enhance the presentation, these features get lost 
in the translation to troff unless some agreed standards for conversion 
are put in place.  I'd a lot rather have the original form documents with 
all of the presentation features which the writer put in place.   When, 
and if, we get to the point where we have an agreed mapping between troff 
and RTF (or whatever) then conversion would be OK.
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Wally Wedel
U S WEST Advanced Technologies
6200 S. Quebec, Ste. 420
Englewood, CO 80111
wwedel@uswest.com
303-889-6501