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Topic: Re: Will you upgrade? If so, to Pro or Standard? (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Acrobat 6.0, Msg: 89959
From: LeonardR
Date: 6/15/2003 06:04 AM

At 10:19 PM 6/14/2003 +1000, p-pdf-acrobat6 Listmanager wrote:
>Absolutely not - I have many clients (e.g. in a retail situation, garage
>situation etc.) who use a Catalog index of PDFs to deliver tech
>documentation on products to client PCs with Acrobat Reader.

Then they are professional Acrobat users. They are NOT the
average office person (aka secretary, management, etc.)


>Even non-savvy users love the simplicity (and speed) of the Catalog search
>process.

True, but how many of them like the process of CREATING a
Catalog. It is NOT a process for the masses - hell, even I never bother
to create one for all the PDF's on my disk since it's a pain!! And then
there is remembering to update it, etc.

Now, if Acrobat would auto-Catalog and Index (ala Sherlock on Mac
OS), THAT would be a good thing!


> >I disagree - but the reason is that you and Adobe have
> >different >definitions of "volume".
>
>More than just me, it would appear: PDFZone (if I can mention their name
>here) made exactly the same comment, then were taken to lunch by Adobe,
>and have now muted their criticism. Our customers also disagree with the
>Adobe definition of volume. And so - off the record - do a number of Adobe
>employees.

I'm sure many people disagree - if we all agreed, it would be
boring around here ;).

But Adobe marketing had to make some decisions and I am sure they
looked pretty hard at numbers, market segments, etc.


Leonard

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