From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 12 10:35:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01794 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 10:35:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01785 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 10:35:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (fornax-55.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.88.183]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id MAA25265; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:35:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22609; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:34:48 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804120634.BAA22609@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:34:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" (moved to chat) To: brett@lariat.org cc: jcwells@u.washington.edu, ksmm@cybercom.net, Chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199804120554.XAA24314@lariat.lariat.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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