From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 29 15:44:33 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id PAA06667 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:44:33 -0800 Received: from star-gate.com (hasty.vip.best.com [204.156.141.143]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA06660 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:44:28 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by star-gate.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA03191; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:39:07 GMT Message-Id: <199503291539.PAA03191@star-gate.com> X-Authentication-Warning: star-gate.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6alpha 2/16/95 To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Acrobat (Re: Amancio Hasty's Observation ) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Mar 1995 17:20:25 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:39:05 +0000 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>> 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