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On 06/01/07, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry, this time I am on the side of the non-free world.. (not often you > will hear me say that) This is why a real open standard, unencumbered by patents and royalties actually works - I can use free software and (unlike word documents in openoffice, or even between versions of ms office itself) know that it will look identical whether I open it in xpdf or somebody else uses acroread, regardless of platform. ODF will provide the same benefits but with different features and pros and cons. I'll take an open standard, over a de facto one any day. A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html