[wellylug] Linux on yourCV

Enkidu enkidu at cliffp.com
Tue May 11 22:59:29 NZST 2004


On Tue, 11 May 2004 12:39:12 +0200, you wrote:

>On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 06:41:10PM +1200, Enkidu wrote:
>> PDFs are evil.
>
>uhm, why?
>
>ok, so you can't edit pdfs (yet) with free software.
>but other than that they are the only graphical vector format that is
>cross platform readable by different applications without loosing form.
>(ok, ps is too, but ps viewers for windows are not common)
>
>can you name any alternative that has the same qualities as pdf or ps?
>
OK, so I was trolling just a tad...<grin>

Those qualities which you like are the ones that I distinctly dislike.
Firstly, they are a graphical format, that can't be changed. Even
(gulp) Word documents can be changed with a couple of clicks. PDFs are
rigid and inflexible - If I want to read a document in (cough) MS
Comic Sans Serif, I should be able to do so. 

The advantage of MS Word or WordPerfect or OO or AbiWord is that it is
basically text prettied up a bit. It's not the full, fixed graphical
hog. 

PDF is nailed down take it or leave it, and dictates to me how I read
it. That's not what freedom of choice is about. And I want to choose
how I read things. 

Cheers,

Cliff




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