Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:34:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: brett@lariat.org Cc: jcwells@u.washington.edu, ksmm@cybercom.net, Chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" (moved to chat) Message-ID: <199804120634.BAA22609@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <199804120554.XAA24314@lariat.lariat.org>
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On 11 Apr, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:36 PM 4/11/98 -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: > >>Yes. It is called the FreeBSD newsletter. It is online one the website. >>You can view it with the linux version of acrobat. > > Two problems: > > 1. There's only one issue, and it's stale. > > 2. It's in a proprietary format that requires many readers to download > a plug-in. (Others, such as users as some of the other *BSD's, can't > even GET a plug-in and so can't read it.) There's no excuse for this in > a situation where we want to support non-proprietary standards and easy > migration between platforms. > > --Brett > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message Perhaps I am missing your point here, but I just had a look at the news letter and it worked fine. I am using the Linux port of Netscape and acroread from the ports collection and it worked just fine. the plugin is part of the port. If you are referring to browsers other than Netscape, yes then the news letter will have to downloaded to be read. Frank -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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