[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:29:42PM +0000, Mark Evans wrote: > Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > > > > I'd rather PDF than docx, personally; I rarely need to edit the things I > > get as docx (course notes and so on), and at least PDF *is* an open > > standard. > > > > Of course, most of the things that people use docx/pdf for could be > > represented as plaintext, or at a push HTML, with no loss of > > information. > > I'd question using HTML, simply because it appears to be open to all > kinds of abuse, unless what is used is a strict subset of HTML. Only if you're in the habit of allowing complete strangers to execute arbitrary software (javascript, flash) on your machine. Though, I suppose, if we're talking alternatives to MS Word, that's probably a feature. -- Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0 "Stupidity management for the superuser is a user space issue in Unix systems." -- alan cox -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html