[Info-vax] Process a .pdf file ?

Paul Sture paul.nospam at sture.ch
Wed Nov 18 11:07:33 EST 2009


In article <hdqrfs$va$03$1 at news.t-online.com>,
 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:

> Richard B. Gilbert schrieb:
> 
> > Frequently a PC is the best tool for the job.  You can sneer at the 
> > "click and drool" interface but millions use it and it works for them!
> > Frequently the PC or paper and pencil are the only tools available.
> > 
> > There are tasks that cannot be easily accomplished using Windows and 
> > that's the reason I keep both VMS and Solaris systems around and wasting 
> > electricity!  None of the three is the best tool for EVERY job.
> 
> The majority of people (and customers) don't want to have three
> vastly different systems. They standardize on the one they
> use for reading mail, and everything else has to follow.

Unfortunately that mentality has managers suggesting Windows for 
production control systems.

-- 
Paul Sture
c.o.v



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