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  • Subject: SPLF to PDF (Was Programming tools (was DDS Support))
  • From: "Bob Cozzi" <bobcozzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:33:09 -0500
  • Importance: Normal

I hate to keep sending people to this same sight, but I suppose these guys
are engineers, not marketers...


 www.export-ventures.com has a .PDF generator for any spool file. It runs
quickly and cost a few hundred bucks not thousands.

No programming required.

Check them out.

Bob Cozzi
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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 14:39:05 -0500
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
Subject: Re: Programming tools (was DDS Support)

From: Stone, Brad V (TC) <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
> But as long as we're willing to pay 40k for a tool that puts a spooled
file
> into PDF format, it isn't going to get any better.  We need more folks
> willing to put in the time to write competitive tools for low $$.
>
> Removing tierred pricing is the first step.  Biggest scam since 90 minute
> martinizing.

another problem is the closed architecture of the AS/400 that makes it
hard for tool-makers to make efficient system-type tools such as compilers,
file-converters, and the like.

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