Re: [tdf-discuss] New "LibreOffice Reader" Eliminates Need for "PDF Reader"

Simon Phipps wrote:
> On 23 Jun 2011, at 23:32, Marc Paré wrote:
>
>   
> > I think it was mentioned that there were at one point over 100 million LibreOffice/OOo users. If we were to 
> > develop our own "LibreOffice Reader" we would already have 100 million potential users for our 
> > product. Not only that, the LibreOffice Reader would be compatible with the LibreOffice suite and possibly 
> > code. This would give the LibO Reader a good start.
> >     
>
>
> ODF and PDF are actually complementary. One is a format for editable documents, the other is a 
> format for final-form documents. I suggest that the best path forward would be to seek a single, 
> lightweight, cross-platform reader for both formats. That would address by far the largest 
> opportunity.
>
> S.
>   
IIRC Adobe Reader has bloated over the last couple of years from a very 
lean program for reading PDF files to something very huge.  Also the 
auto update updates versions all too frequently. 

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