Screw Drivers and PDF Files

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "John Foust" <jfoust at threedee.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:10 AM


> At 08:19 PM 6/2/2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
>>From: "Michael Holley" <swtpc6800 at comcast.net>
>>>You are making life difficult if to don't have a tool for reading PDF 
>>>files. I think you can buy a nice one for a few hundred dollars.
>>
>>You can buy a used PC for tens of dollars.
>
> Apparently it's OK to spend $200 on a nice set of wrenches, but not
> OK to scrounge a contemporary PC to read contemporary documentation
> containers.
>
> - John

In this case there were two questions:  How much does it cost to have the 
minimum tools to handle the data and are you forced into closed source 
software.

Personally I use a P4 & Acrobat Pro.


Randy
www.s100-manuals.com