"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > [..]
> PDF of itself is open and standard. It's a reasonable document > presentation format (though I tend to prefer postscript). > > I'd strongly encourage you to use tools other than Adobe's proprietary > products, fortunately there are many which can be used to produce PDFs. > > Peace. I hope that I do not start some flame war and keep peace, but I do not see why Adobe's should not be allowed to make a profit from their standards. Adobe has developed Postscript, which IMHO can be considered as one of the cornerstones of Linux, nearly as important as the Linux kernel and the Gnu software set. The subsequent PDF standard enables platform independent sharing of documents, in spite of the wide spreading of Microsoft Word. This is very important for most of us, who use their computers to do work and need to share information with people who unfortunately use e.g.\ Microsoft Windows. I think it a bit hypocrite to thankfully accept the document standards from Adobe, and then spit on Adobe. Best regards, Paul Huygen (who wants to express his feelings in this matter and not start a flame war).
