> HTML is free.
So is the PDF reader (and searchable reader)
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Ardiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: Petition: keep docs in PDF
> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Aaron Ardiri wrote:
>
> > first of all, if i wanted to print the docs out - i would buy
> > a book. 3com hurt themselves by having a PDF version.. they
> > should make money from the docs - but now everyone can download
> > and in two seconds.. get a book..
>
> I disagree with this comment. I do not think 3Com/Palm should be making
> money off of the docs. This is a mistake that Royal (the DaVinci peoples)
> made.. they are charging for their API, at least they were.. I have never
> checked back again.
i did not say they should charge for the API's! - of course not..
what i said was that they are loosing money by having it in a
format which is easially printable.
if they had a HTML version - people can print it.. but it takes
THEIR time, hence they will probably go buy the book.
> By let the general public have (free) access to the API docs, it in a way
> encourages development.
HTML is free.
while on the topic - how about unix 'man' files?
it would be nice to do the following:
man WinDrawLine
at my unix prompt.
i guess for now, we are stuck with PDF (which i personally dont like,
so i just grep the .h files now - much more effective)..
az.
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