[CGUYS] The Consequences of EULA Violation

2007-06-02 Thread Harvey Simon
On reflection, the proper way to think of the EULA might be this: You, the consumer, have purchased this software and we, the provider, will support you in your use of it, provided you agree to the following terms. If you don't agree, we're not a party to it, we're not liable for anything that

Re: [CGUYS] PDF files in a Macintosh environment

2007-06-02 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jun 2, 2007, at 1:26 AM, David K. Watson wrote: I don't want to sound like I am playing the Blame the User game, but given your comments regarding bloat, is it possible you removed some fonts from your system? Or perhaps turned off the needed fonts with a font manager? That is a

Re: [CGUYS] Acrobat and Silverlight (was PDF files in a Macintosh environment)

2007-06-02 Thread Jeff Wright
Silverlight is designed to compete with Flash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight XPS is designed to compete with Aodbe's PDF format. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061015-7992.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Paper_Specification You have to marvel at the irony

Re: [CGUYS] Acrobat and Silverlight (was PDF files in a Macintosh environment)

2007-06-02 Thread Alvin Auerbach
At 4:05 PM -0400 6/2/07, Jeff Wright wrote: You have to marvel at the irony of someone who crows on and on about monopolies to cry about competition in dominant media formats. It's a different situation. As I understand it, there are applications other than Adobe's which can create PDF's.

Re: [CGUYS] Acrobat and Silverlight (was PDF files in a Macintosh environment)

2007-06-02 Thread Jeff Wright
F.U.D.-R.L.R. (Fear Uncertainty Doubt - Repeat Lather Rinse) Yes, everything MS touches turns to gold. Their Internet strategy of owning it via MSN has paid off so handsomely for them. No, wait. It hasn't. Maybe the Xbox line will turn a profit one day too. Golly, maybe Adobe will, you know,

Re: [CGUYS] Seeking fax software

2007-06-02 Thread Ray Everett-Church
Any ideas of fax freeware? Or if I have to purchase fax software, which one? In all my years of computing, I've never had much luck with fax modems and faxing software on the computer. Something always seems to be screwy. Then several years ago I signed up for efax.com and have never looked

Re: [CGUYS] Acrobat and Silverlight (was PDF files in a Macintosh environment)

2007-06-02 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Jeff Wright F.U.D.-R.L.R. (Fear Uncertainty Doubt - Repeat Lather Rinse) Yes, everything MS touches turns to gold. Their Internet strategy of owning it via MSN has paid off so handsomely for them. No, wait. It hasn't. Maybe the Xbox line will turn a profit one day too. Golly, maybe