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From: "Loren P Meissner" <LPMeissner@msn.com>
To: "John Reid" <jkr@rl.ac.uk>, <mpeacock@ANSI.org>
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Subject: RE: (SC22WG5.1823) Nara - use of WORD, WG5 N1384
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:24:36 -0700
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Is PDF a standard? Is RTF a standard? If not, how are they any better than
WORD, since the virus argument is a red herring anyway.

I sent in this question earlier, but I think I pushed the wrong button and
it went astray.

= Loren P Meissner

-----Original Message-----
From:	John Reid [mailto:jkr@rl.ac.uk]
Sent:	Monday, June 05, 2000 10:06 AM
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Subject:	(SC22WG5.1823) Nara - use of WORD, WG5 N1384


Marisa,

Here is my proposal for the SC22 meeting in Nara.

Best wishes,

John Reid.

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                                           ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1384

Proposal: That SC22 cease to use Word for document distribution

                   John Reid, WG5 Convenor

Word is not a standard and is unsafe (it provides a mechanism for
the import of viruses). It is not readily available to those running
systems other than Microsoft's. Marisa Peacock reports that she can
easily circulate documents in HTML or PDF instead.