Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat From: jvncnet!usa.net!bskeet (Bill Skeet) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 94 20:10:00 MDT

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>> Rex Ballard wrote:
>>
>> >That's WONDERFUL.  Can I get a copy for my Sun?  How about for LINUX.  I
>> >have about 30 VaxStations running VMS?  How about my 10 HPs?  What about
>> >UNIWARE, SCO, SOLARIS, OS/2, and my HP firewall that only lets me run
>> >Mosaic as an X-Client?
>>
>> Rex,
>>
>> There is an Acrobat reader for Sun workstations.
>
>Well, I guess 1 out of 7 isn't too bad.
>

Also available: Acrobat Reader 1.0 for DOS, UNIX; 2.0 for Windows and Mac.


>Well, if adobe is willing to give away readers (download them like you do
>Mosaic), and enough PCs get direct access to the internet without firewall
>restrictions, and the readership doesn't swamp the link, and the stock
>brokers, power users, and upper management are able to get access to
>acrobat for their pet machines (usually Mac or Sun), and network
>administrators on intermediate hosts don't get spooked by the
>traffic.....and the moon is full and it's tuesday :)  People might
>actually go for it.
>


Rex,

I just don't understand your skepticism.  Mosaic took people by storm and
it was first available for UNIX, but didn't take off really until the Mac
and Windows versions became available.

I understand that you want versions compatible with all of your systems,
ecclectic and mainstream. But, to say that there needs to be some harmonic
convergence in order for Acrobat to become successful is like arguing that
Mosaic would be more popular if they had concentrated on versions for
systems like LINUX and UNIWARE and SCO etc. before Mac and Windows.  I
don't believe that's true.

I believe there is already a considerable amount of interest in Acrobat.
One of its most powerful features is that publishers do not need to invest
in new creation tools--any application that is postscript compatible can
create a PDF file.  This saves many people money (for new creation apps.)
and time (from learning new apps).  Illustrator is NOT the only option.

Acrobat works with the most popular off-the-shelf software in the world. It
takes 10 to 15 minutes to learn. Believe it or not.

Bill

*********************
Bill Skeet
Knight-Ridder Information Design Lab
Boulder, CO  80302
303-443-3312



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