Re: putting egos aside
- From: Bowerbird@[redacted]
- Subject: Re: putting egos aside
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:41:35 EDT
bill mccoy over at adobe blogged that
> IDPF today released the first working draft of
> a specification for the Open Container Format,
> which defines a single-file package for OEBPS
> XHTML-based content and related resources.
...
> http://blogs.adobe.com/billmccoy/2006/04/open_container.html
he included this:
> It's clear that the IDPF process is working,
> and I hope that those who have been advocating
> splinter approaches are ready to put their egos aside
> and really put their wood behind this arrow, so we can
> end the "Tower of eBabel" of multiple incompatible eBook formats.
i believe any call for a single format is doomed to failure, so it's
wiser to strive for _easy-conversion_ to alternative formats, but
it's interesting to see someone from adobe making this point... :+)
-bowerbird