Re: Microsoft Reader... argh!

2001-07-09 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Greets, I bit my tongue with this original post.. I just registered for school and sat down with my wonderful councillor to finger out my schedule for the next four+ years of courses. I don't plan to do computers for profit, just kicks (needed for financial aid). As she started quoting of

Re: Microsoft Reader... argh!

2001-07-09 Thread Andrew Perrin
Well, as far as I can tell from the web, the MS Reader format is a *compiled* binary form of the OEB (www.openebook.org) specification. Specifically, MS Reader reads ".lit" files, which can be generated, according to the web site, only by a couple of proprietary products, all predicably enough runn

Re: Microsoft Reader... argh!

2001-07-09 Thread Joris Lambrecht
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:26:34AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Greetings folks- > Hello Andy, Just read your mail below. IMHO the Microsoft Reader format has been licensed from Adobe and is thus very likely to be read-able by Acrobat Reader or any of it's clones. Since they're talking about

Re: Microsoft Reader... argh!

2001-07-08 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 07/08/01 10:26:34 -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > I'd like to assign a book for a class this fall that is published only in > hardcover and in something called "Microsoft Reader" format. The MS > Reader format is about 1/2 the price, which matters (I don't like to make > students pay more than nec

Re: Microsoft Reader... argh!

2001-07-08 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:26:34AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > According to Amazon, the MS Reader is available only for Windows. Have you tested it under WINE? That would let Linux and certain other Unix-derivative users run it, although MacPeople would presumably still be out of luck. There

Microsoft Reader... argh!

2001-07-08 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings folks- I'd like to assign a book for a class this fall that is published only in hardcover and in something called "Microsoft Reader" format. The MS Reader format is about 1/2 the price, which matters (I don't like to make students pay more than necessary, particularly at a public school