Obviously as Steve said this whole thread is out of scope but there are two statement that need replies/clarification:
Actually, it *does* matter. By publishing Word doc versions of a draft that is downloadable on the GGF website, even passive readers/ followers of a working group are forced to use Word.
If someone really wanted to read the spec and couldn't read the Word file I am sure they would be motivated enough to ask. Noone has ever asked me for a pdf version so I never bothered to convert and upload one more file. I would be willing to do so if that's what participants wanted. (Easy to say now since we are done with this doc. :-)
First off, I had the impression that Andreas intended to publish the Word version. This was the initial trigger.
Andreas (or anyone else from this group for that matter) cannot officially publish anything because Andreas is not the GGF Editor. AFAIK the GGF Editor wants editable files (Word I think) submitted to the GGF Editor tracker and what the GGF Editor wants the GGF Editor gets! Andreas