On May 27, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Rich Teer wrote:
Hmm, if that fails, perhaps we (Solaris users) should take the hint
from
Adobe, and boycott the use of PDF? We should rename it to NVPDF
(for Not
Very Portable...). If {Star, Open} Office supports read-only docs,
maybe
that is the way for us to go?
Unfortunately, that really isn't a good solution. The whole point of
using PDFs is just about anybody can read them, and they look the
same on whatever platform. Unfortunately, that leaves Solaris x86 out
in the pasture. The problem with going with some read-only ODF
format, is it won't be readable by the vast majority of people out
there (Windows/Mac users), because 99% of them will have some form of
MS Office installed, and *not* OO/SO. This is how the MS monopoly
works, and it's also how the Adobe monopoly works. There isn't much
we can do about it, unless somebody has an idea how to get ODF a
sudden 99% market share across all platforms. ;)
Why don't we get one of the free pdf alternatives ported and running
(maybe it's already done?) I haven't run FreeBSD in a while, but way
back when I'm sure I remember using something other than Adobe
Acrobat to read/create PDFs.
Cheers,
David
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