On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Joshua Hutchinson wrote:
I do remember a discussion last month about a file format that is completely unaccesible (the reader no longer exists). There is one or two ebooks in the PG collection in this format. There was call to deprecate those versions into an OLD subfolder (or something like that) so that people coming to the site weren't confused.
Everyone refers to their own suggestions as "better". . .as "reform," etc.
No one advocated deletion, only better cataloging.
This is why the suject says both "Moving" and "Removing". . .the removing refers to suggestions for other than the Folio file mentioned previously, including eBook #100, the Complete Works of Shakespeare. As for "only better cataloging". . .the obvious thing is simply to point plainly to both versions, with a note that the Folio format requires a proprietary reader.
That is probably where Michael's dozen is coming from, because many people thought this was a sensible step to take (and basically only Michael thought it wasn't).
Actually, the dozen comes from various discussions we've had over time. Some of us try to remember the past as we plan for the future.
Josh
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