Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:39:05 +0000 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Acrobat (Re: Amancio Hasty's Observation ) Message-ID: <199503291539.PAA03191@star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Mar 1995 17:20:25 CST." <v02110105ab9f9935709f@[199.183.109.242]>
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>>> Richard Wackerbarth said:
> >I think that is inevitable that we will have to embrace propieratory
> >technology if it means merging in with the market forces. The sooner
> >we realize this the better off we will be.
>
> I do not agree. In particular, the Acrobat technology doesn't buy us
> anything that we NEED to distribute documentation, etc. in our environment.
> Talk about BLOAT! I don't see us trying to include magazine quality layouts
> and graphics in the core system. The user that wants the fancy reader will
> still be able to read our non-proprietary (HTML, for example) documents
> with his reader of choice.
>
> Embracing proprietary technology is directly opposed to the philosophy
> behind the "Free" thinkers.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Talking about a HUGE flame bait, well I am really going to skip this one.
In summary, I just wanted to let the group know that it may be possible
to port Acrobat to FreeBSD. A neat place for it may be /cool-ports :)
At any rate, I am not going to try to port Acrobat;mostly, because I have
other interestings goodies on my plate so for now you
can all relax (unless someone does try to do it :) )
Amancio
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