uns_tressor wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > >>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >wrote: > > >>>Patrick Gillam wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Can anyone in the room recommend shareware I >>>>can use to manipulate PDFs and JPEGs? >>>>If you'd like to reply off-list to keep the clutter >>>>down, I'm sure everyone will appreciate it. >>>> >>>>Thank you kindly! >>>> >>>>- Patrick Gillam >>>> >>>> > > > >>>There are printer drivers that output to PDF files instead of a >>>printer. That way you can use almost any graphics or >>> >>> >wordprocessor to > > >>>create PDFs. These are far less expensive than buying Acrobat >>> >>> >(I paid > > >>>$25 for one). In some more recent programs may be able to export >>> >>> >to > > >>>PDF. Just do some searches. >>> >>>Thanks for "staying legal." Software development >>>of today's products takes large teams composed of >>>specialists in their field and somebody has to pay >>>for that. Without the income the software >>>won't exist. >>> >>>- Bhairitu >>> >>> > >Ever heard of Linux? Historians will have two observations >on 20th Century IT. The first is that someone made 67 >thousand millions of pounds selling faulty goods and the >other is that so many people put up with it. >Don't bleed for fat cats that cause problems for others >by not accepting responsibility for their goods >Uns. > > > > Uns, you have a short memory ;-) I mentioned a while back I am using Linux in fact right now on Knoppix with Thunderbird as my email client. I very much think that for operating systems open source is the way to go. Microsoft is a Frankenstein monster unleashed on the world by circumstance. It needs to be broken up into about 100 companies (or maybe 1000). Even Bill Gates said in the early 1990s it might be better broken up into 3 companies. But he never did it. I would even bet that right now there is a Microsoft Linux group in Redmond. :)
Open Source for apps can be good too especially if it's a niche market item where the customers who would be interested don't have the income to purchase it. However we often have to wait for a complete product from open source folks and if the folks driving the development get bored or get offered a good job (because someone noticed their work on the project) then the project falters. Pricing commercial software can be high voodoo too. You need to make a profit to survive and you need to cover your development expenses. Even then it is a crap shoot. Price it too high and your customers won't buy it and price it too low and folks won't think it's worth anything. Hmm.... reminds me of something else. ;-) As for bugs, your tester usually miss something that shows up as soon as you release. Therefore all first releases should be considered betas unless the program is really simple. Open betas help with the process but for some products won't be practical. And bugs aren't limited to just software. Your computer, your TV, your DVD player, camcorder, digital camera, game console, etc. all ship with bugs which required workarounds. Believe me, just because the product has a big company name on it doesn't mean the code is any better. Often there is a distance between the desires of the suits that run the company (who are often clueless about how software and hardware is developed) and the realities of the development team. - the Geek Tantrik To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
