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Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- jci -dot- com wrote:
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> Most of the comments about PDF, from ease of use to linking to graphics
> resolution are caused by exposure to bad PDF design,
Personally, I prefer the control offered by PDFs, but I can't deny that
it's easy to make poor PDFs. Maybe if Distiller offered a chance to
change defaults at the time of creation, the standard of PDFs would be
higher. For example, I almost always want to change the default view on
PDFs to make them more readable.
>just like Mr Emory's
> comments about HTML are caused by exposure to bad web design
Actually, I think that Dan was commenting on the limits of HTML design,
not their quality.
> Oh, and standards *can't* be Open Source. That's a development methodology.
> They *can* however, be open, as opposed to proprietary.
Technically, you're right. However, in common use, the distinction
between "open" and "open source" is all but lost.
> But that doesn't
> seem to be very important in the grand scheme of things. PCI, for example,
> is a proprietary standard, as is USB, and Firewire
I can't help noticing that your examples are hardware-related, and
reflecting that I don't know of any major attempt at open standards for
hardware. I think the original comment might be true for software, or at
least truer.
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