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From: alanr@rd.bbc.co.uk (Alan Roberts)
Subject: Re: Please READ - Color space FAQ has changed
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Charles A. Poynton (Poynton@inforamp.net) wrote:
: In article <3n477a$7fk@babbage.imag.fr>, dbourgin@turing.imag.fr 
: "David Bourgin (The best player)" wrote:

: > The color space FAQ has changed.

: Well, it hasn't changed enough for my tastes. Despite his claim to being the
: "best player", Bourgin's document is full of errors and misconceptions.
: Bourgin has been contacted repeatedly by several colour experts over
: the past six or eight months, and he has been unresponsive to
: corrections and suggestions.

: I judged it to be less work to repair Bourgin's document than to write
: a completely new one. My Colour FAQ and a companion Gamma FAQ are
: available as indicated below.

: I have made no eforts to replace Bourgin's document at RTFM and the
: other FAQ sites, but would do so in response to public demand. Anyone
: that feels strongly that my FAQ should replace his at the FAQ sites
: should communicate to the FAQ maintainers, with courtesy Cc's to me and
: to the "colorspace FAQ" author, <bourgin@obs-besancon.fr> or
: <dbourgin@turing.imag.fr>.

Well said Charles. As a contributor to Adrian's document, and an ex-
contributor to David's, I feel I cannot vote either way on this. However,
I have recently been in contact with David, who still seems determined
to stay with his document, and have told him that I can no longer spend
time and effort trying to educate him in colorimetry. Now it's up to him.

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