"Let the market decide" is a flawed concept

One lesson learned from rapporteurship of G3bis - you must anticipate what 
the market
will adopt, do it together and do it right. Else you will fragment your 
market and
it will form critical mass elsewhere.
                                              ---  Don


05:21 PM 28/12/01 -0800, Dan Wing wrote:

> > Yes, the above is true.
> > One could perceive a future where viewers of more efficient
> > encodings become
> > dominant and use the need to use two MIME content-types becomes
> > unnecessary.
>
>Sure.
>
> > > > If you you're only sending Profile S or F, I don't see a
> > > need to "scare"
> > > > a receiver into thinking you're sending a higher-complexity TIFF.
> > > >
> > > > So, I would recommend striking the last sentence above and
> > > replacing it
> > > > with:
> > > >
> > > >   To achieve the highest amount of interworking with devices only
> > > >   capable of rendering Profile S or F, "image/tiff-fx" SHOULD NOT
> > > >   be used for Profile S or F; rather, "image/tiff" SHOULD be used.
> > I do not support striking the last sentence.
> > It may, however, be reasonable to add a note that captures the intent
> > without conveying a message that it is never appropriate to use
> > image/tiff-fx.
> >
> >     To maximize interworking with devices that are only capable of
> >     rendering Profile S or F, "image/tiff" SHOULD be used when
> >     transporting Profile S or F.
>
>That wording sounds great.
>
>-d