Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:11:20 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP: Request for license to copy IEEE Standards (fwd)
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Alain Magloire wrote:

> The aim is to provide the std for *all*
> the djgpp-workers so they can peek at the stds when need it.  I don't
> see what is the gain by giving it to a few(2/3) individuals, this is the
> current situation, we are not improving anything, unless you want
> to buy for 50 persons.

What I understood from the letter you got from IEEE is that they will
allow you to have the PDF files on some server, and people who need to
look up some question would need to access that server.

If that is correct, I think that anybody who has a PDF reader will be
able to satisfy their needs.  Or am I missing something?

> And PDF truly sucks, have you ever try to work with a 300 pages document
> in acroread .. pfff ... not very partical for day-to-day use.

We cannot do anything with this.  I agree that PDF is not a convenient
format to work with, but since so many companies use it to post
electronic versions of documents, we can either comply or be deprived
of the documentation.