Re: PDF FRENZY

[Ronald Orenstein <ornstn@rogers.com>]

At 11:47 AM 05/03/03 -0500, Aegyptiacus@aol.com wrote:
> IIRC, there was a cross-posting between HP Mike Taylor and I something 
> like a year and a bit more ago about PDF safety on internet and there was 
> doubts as to the reliability of the PDFs against some Unix "cracking" 
> tools. I still agree with Mike and Darren that this format is by far the 
> best ever for online scientific publications. No one, except hackers 
> (whose interest lies far from scientific publication matters), can break 
> the ciphering and it's a lot enough for me. It can be read by anyone on 
> any software platform, and THIS is great.
> Jean-Michel

Another benefit: because a PDF file is an exact reproduction of the printed 
pages, it allows anyone using the paper to cite precise page references for 
specific quotes.


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