From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net)
Date: Mon Dec 27 1999 - 12:44:00 MST
> The reason a beefed-up PostScript wasn't used for the web is because
> the people who pioneered HTML were turkeys, and couldn't extrapolate
> two steps ahead nor did take a good look at prior art.
It should be obvious even to supporters of the IP idea that the
reason PostScript failed to become more of a standard is that Adobe
held all the rights tightly in its little claws, while Tim just put
HTML, warts and all, in the public domain. Yes, PostScript is more
than capable of specifying text, layout, links, metadata, and all
the other things a good hypertext system needs. But it never will
be standard, because it makes no sense to invest time and effort
in a technology that is tightly controlled when there are free
alternatives.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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