Re: Multi-media mail standards; Forw: Use of ODA in the Internet

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From: Nathaniel Borenstein
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 19:57

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Excerpts from mail: 14-Aug-90 Re: Multi-media mail standa.. Jim
Morris@andrew.cmu.ed (393)

> Whatever its technical merits and demerits PostScript is strategically
> well-positioned because everybody translates into it already.

Yes, the real question is: what are we talking about?  If we're talking
about "how to get multimedia mail working right away for people, no
matter what the cost in technical correctness" then yes, PostScript is a
good candidate.  If we're talking about "what should CCITT committees be
thinking about in formulating ultimate standards for multimedia
documents" then I think they should be steered away from PostScript at
all costs.  

The bottom line is that multimedia mail and printers are very different
beasts, and a printer-oriented standard would be a real straitjacket for
multimedia mail.  -- Nathaniel

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