Re: Creating PDF

["Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for you words of wisdom Brad...self serving as they are....

Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Creating PDF


> Shannon,
>
> I fail to see how you feel it's too much.  I have a couple
> thousand customers that would disagree.  Especially since
> it's command line interface.
>
> That means you can create a PDF from a spooled file on the
> AS/400 within your applications.  In other words, it pays
> for itself the first time it is used.  And it's not just a
> simple CPYSPLF and quickneasy PDF conversion.  It's to PDF
> spec retaining line spacing, pages, underlines, and bolds.
>
> I don't plan on lowering the price of my software.  In fact,
> it may be time to up it a little bit.  Compared to other
> software, it's about 1 100000th the price.  SPLTOOL is by
> far my best selling utility.  It's been avaiable for over 7
> years now, and it continues to evolve and get better.  7
> years of development isn't worth $230.  Hmmmm..
>
> Sorry, Shannon, but you're missing the boat on this one as
> it's obvious you're not familiar with what I do or my
> software or it's usefullness to my customers.  Or what
> programming hours are worth.
>
> Your response actually got me a little heated.  But I'll
> forgive you this time.
>
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com
>
>
> On Fri, 2 May 2003 15:44:16 -0500
>  "Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > $230?  For ONE! utility! That's insane!  You can buy the
> > entire Adobe
> > Acrobat software suite, which comes with a free SDK so
> > that you can write
> > your own code, AND you have access to all the other tools
> > that are part of
> > Adobe, for $249.
>
> ..snip..
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