Les textes de demain

["Fabien A.P. Petitcolas" <fapp2 AT cam.ac.uk>]

Extrait d'un article américain sur la protection de la propriété
intellectuelle. S'ils résonnent tous comme ça nous n'irons pas loin !

<http://www.cadence.com/features/vol3No3/mc_nealy>

« The next major format we need to concentrate on is one that actually
preceded the Internet protocol: ASCII. Yes, ASCII. There’s not one computer,
not one device anywhere that can’t create and read ASCII.

And look, the “ASCII authoring tool” is a keyboard! We don’t have to boot it
up, there’s no on/off switch, there’s no programming required, there’s no
manual. There is a slight learning curve, but these keyboards all look about
the same. We know that the Q key is right next to the W key, which is right
next to the E key.

This is how we should create information. Because in addition to being
ubiquitous, ASCII is incredibly efficient. It’s creatable and readable by
every computer on the planet, and we can send a message from anywhere to
anywhere. »



Fabien.