[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] why you should stick with pdf

Mon Jul 11 13:34:46 EDT 2005

Thanks for your input!  As a FYI - the DjVU format has been released to the
public as an open standard.  I would imagine that it will be around for a
while, but at the very least you would be able to use the tools that are
available now to view and/or convert the documents to whatever format you
desire as long as you do not redistribute the content or converted
documents.

Regards,
Michael Harwood

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Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:28 AM
To: Michael Wayne Harwood
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Subject: [Color Computer] Re: [Coco] why you should stick with pdf

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 11:00:39AM -0600, Michael Wayne Harwood wrote:
> I assume you mean that you personally would not want Rainbow on Disc 
> if it were in the DjVU format - can I ask why?  Knowing your reasoning 
> would be very valuable!

Using an open standard and avoiding proprietary lock-in come to mind.
I'd like to still be able to view the disks when djvu has disappeared from
the Earth.  And, I'd prefer to have some flexibility in using whatever
viewer or tools I need/want to use with the data in the future.  PDF has
been around a long time, and many tools can produce (and even consume) it.
That is far more important than saving a little space on a CD/DVD.

John
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