PDF Converter

During his review of the AIIM 2004 Expo, Byrant Duhon recommended Scansoft's PDF to Microsoft Word Converter. He receives many press releases in PDF format and a converter would make it easier for him to use them.

Why would anyone ever send out a press release in anything but ASCII text? Why would you ever make it difficult to use your press release? Why would you waste bandwidth? Attachments are bait for spam filters, why would you use them?