I don't want to get into a LaTeX v. SGML controversy. I think that the project of J"org and associates is important because [1] in the short and medium term it is easier to get authors to write LaTeX than to write SGML; and [2] if SGML is ever to have the acceptability with authors that LaTeX already has, publishers will need to agree on a common DTD; and [3] a common LaTeX class may be a step on the way to that. John Palmer 69 St Cross Road, Winchester SO23 9RE, England +44 1962 865261 [log in to unmask] On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Y&Y Help Line wrote: > Maybe Springer is learning from Elsevier Sciences mistakes. They focused > on SGML for years --- and look what happened to *their* share prices :0!