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--- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uns_tressor wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], > "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > >>--- In [email protected], Bhairitu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >wrote: > > > > > >>>Patrick Gillam wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Can anyone in the room recommend shareware I > >>>>can use to manipulate PDFs and JPEGs? > >>>>If you'd like to reply off-list to keep the > clutter > >>>>down, I'm sure everyone will appreciate it. > >>>> > >>>>Thank you kindly! > >>>> > >>>>- Patrick Gillam > >>>> > >>>> > > > > > > > >>>There are printer drivers that output to PDF > files instead of a > >>>printer. That way you can use almost any > graphics or > >>> > >>> > >wordprocessor to > > > > > >>>create PDFs. These are far less expensive than > buying Acrobat > >>> > >>> > >(I paid > > > > > >>>$25 for one). In some more recent programs may > be able to export > >>> > >>> > >to > > > > > >>>PDF. Just do some searches. > >>> > >>>Thanks for "staying legal." Software development > >>>of today's products takes large teams composed of > > >>>specialists in their field and somebody has to > pay > >>>for that. Without the income the software > >>>won't exist. > >>> > >>>- Bhairitu > >>> > >>> > > > >Ever heard of Linux? Historians will have two > observations > >on 20th Century IT. The first is that someone made > 67 > >thousand millions of pounds selling faulty goods > and the > >other is that so many people put up with it. > >Don't bleed for fat cats that cause problems for > others > >by not accepting responsibility for their goods > >Uns. > > > > > > > > > Uns, you have a short memory ;-) I mentioned a > while back I am using > Linux in fact right now on Knoppix with Thunderbird > as my email > client. I very much think that for operating > systems open source is the > way to go. Microsoft is a Frankenstein monster > unleashed on the world > by circumstance. It needs to be broken up into > about 100 companies (or > maybe 1000). Even Bill Gates said in the early > 1990s it might be better > broken up into 3 companies. But he never did it. I > would even bet that > right now there is a Microsoft Linux group in > Redmond. :) > > Open Source for apps can be good too especially if > it's a niche market > item where the customers who would be interested > don't have the income > to purchase it. However we often have to wait for a > complete product > from open source folks and if the folks driving the > development get > bored or get offered a good job (because someone > noticed their work on > the project) then the project falters. > > Pricing commercial software can be high voodoo too. > You need to make a > profit to survive and you need to cover your > development expenses. Even > then it is a crap shoot. Price it too high and > your customers won't > buy it and price it too low and folks won't think > it's worth anything. > Hmm.... reminds me of something else. ;-) > > As for bugs, your tester usually miss something that > shows up as soon as > you release. Therefore all first releases should be > considered betas > unless the program is really simple. Open betas > help with the process > but for some products won't be practical. And bugs > aren't limited to > just software. Your computer, your TV, your DVD > player, camcorder, > digital camera, game console, etc. all ship with > bugs which required > workarounds. Believe me, just because the product > has a big company > name on it doesn't mean the code is any better. > Often there is a > distance between the desires of the suits that run > the company (who are > often clueless about how software and hardware is > developed) and the > realities of the development team. > > - the Geek Tantrik > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
