From keld  Tue Jul 22 20:05:21 1997
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From: keld@dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 20:05:20 +0200
In-Reply-To: "D. J. Blackwood" <dave@rc.gc.ca>
       "(SC22WG15.1061) liaison from WG9" (Jul 22, 17:42)
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To: "D. J. Blackwood" <dave@rc.gc.ca>, SC22WG15@dkuug.dk, baker@dad.cs.fsu.edu
Subject: Re: (SC22WG15.1061) liaison from WG9

"D. J. Blackwood" writes:

> 
> I'd like to add to that that Adobe does not produce any PDF software for
> my UNIX/POSIX platform and therefore I am unable to produce PDF files at
> all for any price.  I can read PDF files but the public domain reader is
> very buggy (some documents I can only see page one) and it will not
> print on my system.  On the other hand I can easily produce, view, and
> print PostScript files at zero additional expense.
> 
> Of course I could always purchase a Wintel system or a more mainstream
> Adobe-supported UNIX system but that kind of defeats the whole purpose
> of a POSIX standard then, doesn't it?

I have been working in ISO and JTC1 on getting postscript
as an accepted format. It succeeded in IS, but not yet in
JTC1. If you want it for JTC1, then pleas go thru your national body
and make the comment.

The JTC1 papers are available at www.dkuug.dk/tc1/impit/

Keld