Re: Bug in acroread?
Joe Hart wrote:
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I disagree about it being forced on us. Many documents on the web are
PDF format. Most hardware comes without manuals and the documents are
pdf files.
You have an odd definition for the word "force".
We should thank Adobe that --despite the limitations-- their format is
usable and efficient -- both read and write on open source. I use it on
a daily basis and it is efficient for my needs.
Can you point me to a link where I can get the source for PDF? The DRM
information and all? IMO, Arcoread is just a marketing tool for Adobe
so that people will buy Acrobat. Very similar to Wordpad (until
recently) being able to read .doc files but not create them. Wordpad
free, Word not.
That's about it.
Is postscript so bad that everyone needs pdf? No. The fact that PDF
files are hard to edit is what makes them so popular in the business world.
PostXcript and PDF are orthogonal to each other. They address different
challenges. TeX and PDF are more competitive in the kinds of things
they do. PostScript is a page formatting system, suitable for printer
control, not a document format.
Mike
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