[time-nuts] DJVU and PDF

[Chuck Harris]

Chris Albertson wrote:
> People _think_ they can't afford a Mac.  But the total cost of
> ownership is actually lower.  For example in this case with just the
> basic software that comes with Mac OSX you can create and edit PDF
> files, extract the images, cut out and copy the text and so on.  PDF
> is the native display format used by the Mac.

No it isn't.  Postscript is the standard internal language.  It is also
the internal language of Windows, and Linux.  PDF's are archives of
Postscript, and other graphics files.

  You save the cost of
> Acrobat and Word.  Also un-like PCs the Mac retails its value and can
> be resold after a few years at 50% of what you paid for it.  So that
> $700 Mac costs you only $$350.

Yawn!

You get even more with Linux, and it is free.

-Chuck Harris