Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 08:29:26 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Integrating 'FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows 2000' flyer Message-ID: <20050508062926.GA586@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20050508003321.GI28027@freebsdmall.com> References: <20050508003321.GI28027@freebsdmall.com>
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On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 05:33:21PM -0700, Murray Stokely wrote: > I think it's long past time to update the old 'FreeBSD vs Linux vs > Windows 2000' flyer available at : > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~murray/OS.pdf > > One problem with this document is that it really doesn't fit into the > mold of other content we provide in doc/ or www/, though that is > clearly where it belongs. If we can get it into a text based format > somewhere that we can all update then I'm sure the content will be > improved rapidly. > > To date this document has mostly been distributed in print form. > Perhaps someone could volunteer to TeX it like Marc's existing > freebsd-flyer and import it as : > > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/flyers/os-comparison > > Alternatively, we could maintain it just as an HTML based table in : > > www/en/marketing/os-comparison.html > > I guess the decision really comes down to how nicely a TeX version can > be made to look. If the answer is not that nicely, then I think > maintaining an HTML version makes the most sense and then having an > artist manually import it into Quark once in a while to make a nice > PDF version. > [...] Everything is possible with TeX but requires some knowledge and a lot of time when it comes to do some DTP works. I think having, in a first time, an HTML version is a good thing (it allows translation and easy update). Then if people need a printable version, a TeX conversion or Scribus one (maybe the best solution) could be done. The best choice for a printed version would be something using our toolchain, this leads to a TeX version. However using Scribus may be easier, and will still allow us to translate and update the content. Marc
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