RE: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule

2006-02-25 Thread David Thielen
From: Richard Braman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:24 AM To: 'David Thielen' Cc: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule >most open source software is utter crap - which is unfortunately true.

Re: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule

2006-02-25 Thread Bruno Lowagie
Richard Braman wrote: most open source software is utter crap This may well be the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen written. For every good OS project, you can find about nine that are crap. That's Sturgeon's law: 90% of everything is crap. (He talked about Science Fiction, but

RE: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule

2006-02-25 Thread Richard Braman
n Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:55 PM To: itext Subject: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule There was an article awhile ago about how most open source software is utter crap - which is unfortunately true. I just added PDF copy to my code and it was unbelievably easy. I think iTe

[iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule

2006-02-24 Thread David Thielen
There was an article awhile ago about how most open source software is utter crap - which is unfortunately true. I just added PDF copy to my code and it was unbelievably easy. I think iText is possibly the best open source software out there when measured by how well it is architected, designed