On Mon, 29 May 2006, Nicolas Linkert wrote:

> A proprietary application that needs to run cross platform is
> useless. In my humble opinion it HAS to be open source -  which applies
> to Acrobat, but also to Java etc. Only open sourcing Acrobat makes sure
> that all interested parties in the game can have their share. And it
> guaranties true cross platform ability.

I agree with your sentiment, but I have to disagree with that last bit.
Being open source is no guarantee of true cross platform ability, witness
the number of "Linux only" open source apps.

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