On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 14:33 +0200, Martin Bochnig wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > I cary this message to Adobe on every fair I attend since the last 4
> + years.
> >
> > I tell them that Adobe is not viable any more and that PDF in whole
> is no longer
> > trusworthy. This is because Adobe does not support all platforms
> anymore.
> >
> > If we did _all_ do the same, Adbobe booths on big fairs will be full
> of
> > complaining people....
> >
>
>
> +1
>
> Because Adobe's promise of a *Portable*-DF is not true any longer,
> since
> they only support WinNT_x86 / Linux_x86 and maybe Mac{ppc|x86} users
> for
> circa 5 years now. All the other platforms are left out, more or less.
>
> The market will judge them, earlier or later, their own fault ...
> A truly portable format will evolve.
> Open source of course (see misc. developments).
> So never mind, PDF may not matter forever.
XPS from Microsoft is available royalty free and fully documented -
maybe that'll be the 'knight in shining armor'
Matthew
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