__/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 08 July 2006 15:32 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> Can you (fore)see PDF getting the death knell? Portability (the 'P' in
>> PDF) is exchanged with Openness (the 'O' in ODF). Rather than be
>> imprisoned by Adobe's patents (although products other than Adobe Reader
>> can happily handle PDF), you are left with simplified specs, essentially
>> an archive of XML files with a clear, rhetoric directory hierarchy.
>>
>> I can't comment much on backward-compatibility in Office because I haven't
>> sufficient experience in that area. All I know is that when I saved .doc
>> files on one machines, they would show up (and thus be printed)
>> differently elsewhere. Probably versioning is to blame... bad software
>> design... even for a 'pixel perfect', WYSIWYG paradigm.
>
> The problem with Word is that the appearance of the document depends on
> what fonts are installed on your machine and on the printer driver.
> It's utterly stupid, but most Windows machines have the basic set of
> fonts, and the printer driver problem is noticeable only in certain
> cases.
>
> What is WORSE, however, is that Windows users are, as far as I can tell,
> promulgating the same font crap to PDF files.
>
> Some of the PDFs I've been getting lately will NOT display properly on
> Linux using xdpf!!! Why? Because xpdf cannot find the fonts.
>
> And there is no easy way to get these lamers to construct proper PDF
> documents.
>
> So, the fact the Linux apps cannot always accurately render an MS Word
> doc is also spreading to PDF.
>
> Let's hope ODF doesn't travel down that same crappy, pot-holed, gravel
> road.
I know exactly what you mean. See the following recent perspective from an
Operatic figure.
http://news.com.com/2010-1032_3-6085417.html
Microsoft's forgotten monopoly
I too sometimes suffer from the same issue when I use KGhostView. Acrobat
Reader 7 does not encounter issues that are attributed to those same
deficiencies.
Best wishes,
Roy
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