Acrobat 3/4/Ghostscript/etc.

[S S]

Agreed, this list is for crypto issues, but it does not help if people 
cannot read some of the documents.

Whilst  I can go with just about any format, it's a pain sometimes with .pdf 
(e.g. "error: file does not start with #pdf" etc) & .ps.

Why make it awkward- HTML is the web media & is understood by browsers, so 
unless it's *really* necessary to use word or adobe or postscrip formats 
then why not use html & give the others a break?

It's reading & downmloading time that matters to some & html is quick & easy 
to read (or better still, plain old text).

Enough said.




>From: Paul Leyland <pleyland@microsoft.com>
>Reply-To: ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
>To: "'ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk'" <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
>Subject: RE: Acrobat 3/4/Ghostscript/etc.
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 02:08:02 -0700
>
>David:  People whinge.  It's a law of the universe.  Don't let it get you
>down.  I've seen people whinge because files are *not* Word 6.
>
>UKcrypto:  please can we stop whingeing quite so much, and treat the files
>as a (very simple) exercise in cryptanalysis?   If public-spirited members
>of the list wish to provide a data-conversion service, that's great!
>
>
>Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: david hendon [mailto:david_hendon@compuserve.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 11:28 PM
> > To: INTERNET:ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
> > Subject: Re: Acrobat 3/4/Ghostscript/etc.
> >
> >
> > See what I mean?
> >
> > Message text written by INTERNET:ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
> > >
> > If you had posted them in Swahili people would have whinged, too. Is
> > there some problem with posting in a format that is not locked in to a
> > monopoly?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ben.<
> >
> >
>
>


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