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From: wrl@wdl51.wdl.fac.com (Bill Lewandowski)
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Subject: Re: High Cost of OSIng
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Date: 16 Jan 91 14:58:45 GMT
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Last year while I was in the DC area, I stopped by OMNICOM
to pick up some of our Blue Books that had just "Floated In"
(I.E. Slow Boat from Europe). I asked them about the chances
of these standards comming out in PostScript or another
common format (I'd take TROFF if it was available). They said
don't hold your breath for it in the next 5 years or so.

It seems that this has been discussed by the different groups
of Standards Bodies can not agree on what standard to publish
them in. I had gotten a Draft ISO to review and it was in PostScript
but there are no plans (as of last june) to let people FTP or
FTAM the standards.

Things might have changed since last June but since we are still
waioting for the 1988 Blue Books still (some are still not published)
I'm not holding my breath.


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