On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Brian Kelly wrote:
> From reading a number of articles in Ariadne and postings to this list
> it seems that Acrobat is growing in popularity, as it is available today
> and there are a variety of tools available. However I think it's clear
> that the SGML / richer HTML / stylesheet alternative is rapidly developing
> and will have major benefits, not the least being its openness (Acrobat
> is owned by Adobe. Would we be advocating a proprietary solution for
> eLib projects if it was owned by Microsoft? What will we do if
> Microsoft ever bought Adobe? Or if Adobe introduced charging for
> software to read Acrobat file - remember what happened to GIF).
At a U.K. Serials Group Meeting, I asked a couple of representatives of
a publishers what they would do if Adobe were to start charging for
Acrobat Viewers. They replied that Adobe wouldn't do it as it would get
everyone's backs up.
It seems a rather precarious situation to be in, so I presume they are
working on something for the long run?
Or...?
Marie-Laure Bouchet
LIS
Nottingham Trent University
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