Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!questor!asmith From: asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Adam Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Adobe Type Manager to NeXT Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 23:36:24 GMT References: Organization: Questor - Free Internet/Usenet*Vancouver*BC::+1 604 681 0670 Lines: 32 hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: > This has even broader implications: if I have paid money for, e.g., > Wordperfect for MS-Dos and later for a Macintosh, whcy shouldn't I be > entitled to Wordperfect on the NeXT and just pay for the media/manual? > > Greetings, > Hardy There is a legitimate reason for paying for software again. The manufacturer had toi rewrite the program. in the case of WordPerfect, the overhaul could not have been more major. If they were being fair, (yeah, right) they would offer you a deal, seeing as how you bought there product over the competitors the first time. Besides, they ought to be trying to keep you "in the fold". But PostScript fonts are device independent. There is VERY little that changes when a PostScript font changes platforms. In fact, in it's ascii form, nothing changes. If Adobe wants to be really know for device independent solutions to age-old problems, they ought to pioneer the licensing issues that ensue. ########################################################################## asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca The Chameleon Papers - Vancouver, BC Graphic Artist - Bad Mood Guy - NeXT user Human beings are a great disappointment to me, and it doesn't help one bit that I am one --SF ########################################################################## Fingers Down The Throat Of Love