PDF and the web

[Armin Retzko]

> Omni will not be developing any more apps that run without foundation.   

> (Well, unless someone gives us a skillion dollars.)

Does this mean, that OmniWeb 2.0 will need the Foundation stuff too?
Bad news for a user working (still) with NS 3.0.

It's obvious that programmers should use tools which make the development
process faster and easier, but it's also obvious that nobody (i believe)
will buy an upgrade just because of one app (ok, five apps: OmniPDF,
WebWriter, Netsurfer, SpiderWoman and (possibly) OmniWeb 2.0).

This is maybe the wrong place to say that, but shouldn't there be a free
runtime for the Foundation stuff?
As far as i can see (and i'm no programmer, maybe i'm wrong here) the only 

thing you need to run those foundation-based apps on non-NS 3.3 systems 

is the "libFoundation_s.E.shlib" in "/usr/shlib/".
At this moment the only way to use those apps without buying an update
is to buy EOF, but that makes no sense for a non-programmer and 

non-owner of the NeXT he's working on.

Armin

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Armin Retzko
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