[geeks] better word-processing previewing....

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 12:43:08 (-0400), Joshua D Boyd wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [geeks] better word-processing previewing....
>
> Postscript can also run on low end gear just fine.  Using postscript
> throughout the programming process is an excelent way to reuse code and
> save development time.  

Indeed -- and similarly PDF if you do it right....  Aqua for Mac OSx is
entirely PDF driven in the same ay NeWS was PS driven.

Supposedly the Adobe engineers present at the first unveiling were
literally tripping over themselves when they found out and were able to
see how fast and clean the result was.  Their bosses had screwed up big
time by refusing to lower the PS licensing price so that Apple could
afford to practically give away the OS.  The result is of course that
Apple did their own PDF engine from the published specs and Adobe
doesn't get a dime from it.

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