Re: The HTML Experiment

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>]

On Thursday, Larry Cartwright wrote:

> If anyone has been considering using or experimenting with Adobe Acrobat,
> this is an excellent time to do something about it.
>
> UNTIL JUNE 30TH, Adobe is offering Acrobat Reader AND WRITER for $30 at
> <www.adobe.com/purchase/main.html>.  Both Mac and Win packages are
> available at this price.
>
> The Reader, which lets you view .pdf docs that have been composed by
> others, has always been free.  The Writer, which lets you compose your own
> .pdf docs, usually sells for hectobucks.  As Leigh has suggested, Acrobat
> is as close to a "universal message propagator" as currently exists.
>
> Caveat: This offer is available only by online download with e-mailed
> activation keys, a process not recommended for cybersissies (or slow ISP
> connections [5.5Mb download]).
Well, maybe the Mac version was once available, but not just now when I
went to Adobe's web site. There I found the offer of Acrobat reader +
writer for 29.95, but specified for W95 only. The complete version of
Acrobat is still $295. Alas.

Hugh


Hugh Haskell
<mailto://hhaskell@mindspring.com>

Let's face it. People use a Mac because they want to, Windows because they
have to..
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