Amen, Marcello. And thank you for spelling it out much clearer and calmer than I have been able to. Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcello Perathoner" <marcello@perathoner.de> To: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@pobox.com>, "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: !@!Re: [gutvol-d] [Fwd: Folio files] Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:03:02 +0100
Michael Hart wrote:
Sweeping it under the carpet is exactly what you are promoting here.
Actually we are advocating greater visibility of the files in question.
Current situation: if a reader who looks for Gibbon *by chance* happens to download the Folio files, she *may* realize that proprietary formats are bad.
Disadvantage: more probably she will not realize where the problem is because nobody told her and just form a bad opinion of PG: "What the hell do they keep around files if nobody can read them ?"
Proposed change: move the Folio files out of the catalog, write a "Hall of Shame" page explaining the problem and link to the Folio files from there.
Advantage: people who don't look for Gibbon can see the "Hall of Shame" page. People actually realize the problem because it is explained to them.
-- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org
_______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d