"Why Browsers Should Be Able to Display OpenDocument"

[Trevor Harmon]

On Nov 17, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Dan Carlson wrote:

> Because it's easier for people to get access to ODF files, since  
> you don't have to buy Acrobat for $300 to open or create such  
> documents...

Oh, I thought you meant "accessible" as in this: http:// 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_accessibility

If you're talking about availability of tools, ODF is *much* less  
accessible than PDF, at least for now. You certainly don't need to  
shell out $300 just to open a PDF, and any Mac user can also create  
them. As for ODF, OpenOffice and a few other minor open-source apps  
are the only programs I know of that can even read such documents.

Trevor