[LMB] OT: AKICOL PDF transformerbot

[Michael Bauminger]

On Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:44 PM, Michael R N Dolbear 
<little.egret at mrdolbear.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> > From: Michael Bauminger <lmblist at mikebomb.com>
> > Date: 20 May 2008 21:07
>
> > Suggesting that Kirsten download Open Office just to
> > print to PDF is very much like swatting flies with a
> > laser cannon.
>
> There are interesting options for OO and other
> applications, especially if you have broadband and either
> a CD-ROM burner or can plug in a 1/2 GB memory stick.
>
> A driving force behind it is that the applications DON'T
> use the Windows Registry and DON'T have to use the hard
> drive (some will for temporary files but erase when
> close). Some can even be configured to run from write
> protected flash drives or even CD-ROM.

I have nothing against OO; I have in fact installed it on my 
sister's computer for her (mine came with MS Office, and my 
company uses it, and so do all my clients...). I simply 
cannot recommend installing it *just* for writing to pdf. It 
is as if someone said to you, "I have this nail sticking up, 
do you know where I can get a hammer?" and you replied 
"Sure. Take this 500 piece toolset -- there is a hammer in 
there somewhere."

-- Michael