From:	Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.NET.AU>
Subject:	Re: A rant on MS bashing
Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:34:11 +1100

>>O.k. - that's all and I think we should really let the thread fade
>>out now. The only thing I'd like to see cleared is whether you could
>>settle for Adobe Acrobat because the reader under Windows is very nice
>>and available everywhere.
>
>Perhaps, but I think 'the greatest good for the greatest number' format
>is likely to be Microsoft. Members of the eunuchs and macintosh cults
>can do conversions for the rest.

*yawn* People, people... the RTF standard has readers available for it
EVERYWHERE... even on Unix. Word is available for Macintosh, and the
latest versions of WordPerfect (also available for Unix, and even VMS...
though who would use it I don't know :) ) can handle Word 6/7 formats, no
problems. Oh, and Acrobat Reader is available on all platforms too.

The one catch here is that the author probably doesn't OWN Acrobat
Exchange, the program you need to write Acrobat files. If you want him to
supply the files in a format he's not equipped to handle, go and buy the
software for him. Or buy the software for yourself and provide the files
in the formats you want.

(I must have been away too long... people are slagging Macs around me
again...)


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