EPSF & PPage 2.1
17-Dec-91 17:57:37
Sb: #43590-EPSF & PPage 2.1
Fm: Gary Brusanowski 70304,2516
To: Soft-Logik Tech Support 76004,1676
SL:
In defense of Mr. Mike:
The purpose of software "standards" is to ensure effortless interchange of
information. How can you possibly condone an alteration to a standard by
simply saying, "everybody does it"? Would it be okay for me to create a
paint program that outputs IFF pics with a structure named "GARY" instead
of "FORM"? By your rational, it would be as long as everybody agreed to
check for both "GARY" and "FORM". And then where would it end? It would end
up like the Mac, with its 22 million different picture file formats. I
understand why you might choose to accept non-standard information when
parsing a file's information (it makes you look good, for one thing). What
I don't understand is why you don't seem to see how ultimately destructive
it is…
Gary
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