Re: ADOBE 6 and E-Book(s)

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 12:41:17PM -0400, Boukus Loomba wrote:
> How long has version Adobe 5.08 been available ? Reason I ask is because 
> around a year or two ago I needed to read some files created for adobe 5 
> but my adobe 3 reader couldn't handle them. Then when I went to Adobe's 
> website i discovered there was no version 5 for Linux. Then only a 
> couple days ago I was in a similar situation only now I WAS able to 
> download a version 5.08 for Linux.  It seems like adobe is a bit slow in 
> providing Linux support for the most recent versions of their products.
> 
> It might be a good idea to write to adobe and ask them if they plan to 
> support adobe 6.0 under Linux as they have done for previous versions of 
> their reader and if so approximately when will it be released. It may 
> also be a good idea to write to Wiley and ask them why they are 
> publishing in a proprietary format that is not currently supported on 
> all platforms.
> 
> Meanwhile, is it possible to get the Windows aversion of dobe 6 running 
> under Linux via Wine ? May be worth a try.
> 
> B.L.

Please pardon my uneducated intrusion here.  Anytime I've needed to
read a PDF file, I just used "xpdf" and don't recall any problems with
it.  Have I just not encountered a PDF with sufficiently advanced
features to break xpdf?

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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