OT: PDF bloat (was: Re: Two for the road, Report from Clerk & Nonstandard Subtotals)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 06:44:45PM -0500, Fairlight wrote:
> I still detest PDF.  The sizes, the horrible viewer, the inability of most
> of the OSS tools to properly convert them consistently to text (despite
> their claims)--all of it.  I'm still not sure why PDF was "necessary" at
> all.  We already had PS and EPS.  What wasn't good enough?  Nobody's ever
> pointed me towards anything that explains that.  And you don't have
> PDF-capable printers to my knowledge, so it makes even less sense, since
> you have to rely -entirely- on software now.

You go to GE's website, and download a PDF owners manual for the 15
year old refrigerator you just bought.

Then perhaps you'll get it.  ;-)

PDF's, properly created, are the best thing since fried cheese.

Cheers,
-- jra
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