Re: Ugh! .pdf's require Winblows!

Not sure why you have a problem - possibly poor install or too many restrictions around your environment.

In any case, I do not see the browser symptoms you notice about when using KDE 3.1.1/Konquorer or Mozilla 1.2.1 running on SuSE 8.2, SLES 8 and UnitedLinux 1.0 I conclude that Oracle's web developers are doing a reasonable job as I have not had ANY problem. Perhaps an operator issue?

Also there seems to be some confusion on your side about the need for Oracle to release documetation in a format acceptable to you. Whether your version of xpdf works with the set of features that may be made available by a PDF generating software is your problem, not Oracle's ... as far as I know, pdf is not a public domain standard and (again ASAIK) Adobe does have permission (being the owner of the standard) to make any changes they want - I do know that Oracle generally uses Adobe products to create pdf files.

Finally, you refer to a 'standard Red Hat' install - perhaps you should contact Red Hat to review what they include in the 'standard' install (assuming you have paid support). Again, it seems this is not an Oracle issue.

I conclude you have moved from publically complaining about something that has no real business being in public (it's between you, your school and Oracle - totally custom, one off and non-standard) to pure and simple whining.

Just some thoughts.

Cheers
/Hans

bgeer wrote:

> vslabs_at_onwe.co.za (Billy Verreynne) writes:
>
> >Again. So what. It is a Microsoft issue. It has nothing to do with
> >Oracle. Nothing to do with comp.databases.oracle.misc.
>
> >For the last time - *nothing* you have raised in this thread has
> >*anything* to do with Oracle or Oracle's support for Linux.
>
> Oh, I disagree.
>
> This thread started with Oracle's use of a pdf format quirk which
> prevents display by the pdf reader which is that included in a
> standard RedHat install - xpdf. This while Oracle propaganda er, uh,
> news releases indicates increasing partnership with Linux, & in
> particular, RedHat Linux.
>
> Add to that the apparent IE-centric OTN forum compatibility, hence
> this Linux user's frustration trying to bring the pdf problem to
> Oracle's attention in their own forum.
>
> The irony is stifling...:-)
>
> I s'pose the pdf makers & OTN webcoders will eventually be on board;
> for now, tho, they look like a Winblows club.
>
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Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 12:53:16 CDT