[arachne] Re: Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsens

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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:54:54 -0500, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> Like Sam ewalt, I don't like PDF's in principal.  It's hard to find a goo
> d
> DOS PDF reader and adobe "upgrades"  PDF so often that once you get a DOS

> PDF reader you have to find another because the old PDF reader cannot rea
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> the new version of PDF.  I like pure ASCII text that never changes and ca
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> be read and written by any computer from 1950 on.

> It would be a good idea if all 150 of us were to write ADOBE and insist
> they maintain up to date DOS versions of each new version OF PDF.

ROTFL! It's a lovely thought, Brian!


    
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