GNU folks notice PDF functionality is missing, decide to do something about it

#1

Post by jcwentz » Sat, Dec 01, 2007, 7:13 PM UTC

GNU folks notice PDF functionality is missing, decide to do something about it
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Re: GNU folks notice PDF functionality is missing, decide to do something about it

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Post by wmf » Sat, Dec 01, 2007, 10:06 PM UTC

This sounds like a waste of time. PDF and Acrobat are suffering from serious feature bloat (3D? JavaScript?), so copying that bloat won't excite many users. It also displays the FSF's habit of trying to replace existing open source projects that have been under development for years (GNUTLS and Gnash come to mind).

Re: GNU folks notice PDF functionality is missing, decide to do something about it

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Post by rms » Sun, Dec 02, 2007, 6:56 AM UTC

wmf wrote: post #2

This sounds like a waste of time. PDF and Acrobat are suffering from serious feature bloat (3D? JavaScript?), so copying that bloat won't excite many users. It also displays the FSF's habit of trying to replace existing open source projects that have been under development for years (GNUTLS and Gnash come to mind).

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Re: GNU folks notice PDF functionality is missing, decide to do something about it

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Post by tx » Sun, Dec 02, 2007, 9:29 AM UTC

Every time I click a link and it turns out to be a PDF file I feel like I accidently stepped on a dog's poop in a park.