(LINK) Why Plain Text Is Still One of the Best Technologies We Have

Why Plain Text Is Still One of the Best Technologies We Have: A text file cannot embed a spreadsheet, preserve elaborate page layouts, run a presentation, or provide many of the conveniences we expect from modern applications. What it does instead is store text in one of the simplest and most widely understood forms in computing, and that simplicity is a large part of why it has lasted. This is an excellent piece on why Plain Text matters today more than ever.