Word is of course out of the question since it is proprietary,
undocumented, and unstable. I hope we have consensus on that.
Sorry, no such consensus.
I don't see why the editor you use needs to be open-standard.
As far as I know the IETF is attempting to standardize IP-related
communications protocols, not editors.
I do hope that the monitor and keyboard you are using
while reading and sending emails have their schematic diagrams
in the public domain. And please do not write any IETF documents
while using a mouse from a certain proprietary company who holds
dozens of patents on mouse technology.
More seriously, Word is the only commonly used editor
with an integrated tracking mechanism. I assume that even
the purists who insist on nroff occasionally write an ID
with others. I personally prefer to use TeX as a typesetting
format when writing on my own, but use word for IDs
since I have to cooperate with co-authors.
Y(J)S
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