Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-21 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
On 5/18/07, Ann Zdunczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is interesting that I have been hearing about paperless offices for years but have yet to see one. On the news last night there was a story about one of the Baltic states (Estonia or Latvia, IIRC) complaining that Russia was attacking their

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview (Marcus Carr)

2007-05-21 Thread liviabemail-tech
This is all really good reading. From: Marcus Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: To: Framers List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 10:15:01 +1000 Subject: Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview Hi Dan, Daniel Emory wrote: It’s estimated that 40% of the US adult population is non-literate, which

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Bill Briggs
At 5:31 PM -0400 5/18/07, Ann Zdunczyk wrote: It is interesting that I have been hearing about paperless offices for years but have yet to see one. Its like the people that say books are going away and being replaced by electronic media. I, as a reader, plan to continue reading PAPER books. I do

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Daniel Emory
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as a device that you can comfortably and safely use in the tub is concerned, I don't think that paper will be the delivery method of the future. It’s estimated that 40% of the US adult population is non-literate, which means they

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Peter Gold
Overall, I agree with Dan's point on how much opportunity for a rich electronic communications environment has been overlooked. On the other hand, who among us can be sure that there's no alternative rich communications universe embedded in the shorthand languages of IM and rap? Where's the

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Marcus Carr
Hi Dan, Daniel Emory wrote: It’s estimated that 40% of the US adult population is non-literate, which means they don’t read books or newspapers. This has been accompanied by a rapid decline in the ability of college students to write a half-way decent paragraph in English. The California

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Peter Gold
Marcus Carr wrote: That said though, there is truth to what you say - the real question is whether it matters. In my parent's day, neat cursive handwriting was very important. It was arguably less important in my day and for my daughter, it will be of little importance, as in her life,

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Marcus Carr
Peter Gold wrote: If legible cursive writing was the sole measurement of ability, I'd be in the same boat as many doctors - floating off to oblivion. Me too - it takes me longer to read my shopping list than to get my groceries... ;-) However, I'd qualify Marcus' comment about using one's

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-19 Thread mcarr
Ann Zdunczyk wrote: It is interesting that I have been hearing about paperless offices for years but have yet to see one. Its like the people that say books are going away and being replaced by electronic media. I, as a reader, plan to continue reading PAPER books. I do not plan to read on a

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-19 Thread Alan Litchfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe will have a formidable job of keeping FrameMaker relevant, but like you, I hope they manage to. But why? FM is only a tool for the creation of content. CS3 is also a content creation tool, but does things with various content data types. When I remarked about

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-19 Thread mcarr
Alan wrote: Adobe will have a formidable job of keeping FrameMaker relevant, but like you, I hope they manage to. But why? FM is only a tool for the creation of content. CS3 is also a content creation tool, but does things with various content data types. I don't really see FrameMaker as