Fixed font v multiple fonts

[todd glassey]

Hmmm...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "avri" <avri at apocalypse.org>
To: <problem-statement at alvestrand.no>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:03 AM
Subject: Re: Fixed font v multiple fonts 


> 
> On tisdag, jul 8, 2003, at 03:24 Canada/Eastern, Pekka Savola wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, todd glassey wrote:
> >> Word is the most common word process in use on the planet today, so by
> >> eliminating it you not only constrain the people that use it as their
> >> primary text formatting tool, but essentially add another hurdle to 
> >> the
> >> everyman's participating in the IETF.
> >
> > Is it useful for "everyman" to participate in the IETF?

It is mandatory, not "useful".

> >
> > Killing bad ideas is difficult enough already.. ;-)
> >
> 
> i personally do not wish to support the use of word at all,
> and i believe one does not need word to produce ids.
> 
> i do support the notion that everyone should be enabled to
> participate, including those who have barely moved over the
> digital divide.  so i think a fair number of considerations must be
> discussed in any attempt to change formats.
> 
> a.
>