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Comment author: shokwave 03 July 2012 06:27:57AM 1 point [-]

PDF is well thought-out as a format with specific purpose

I really wish I could agree with you, but I've read parts of the specification of the pdf file format. Perhaps the goal was well-thought-out, but certainly the format itself is not.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 July 2012 07:29:54AM 0 points [-]

Ignoring the barrier to entry involved in competing with a de facto standard like .pdf, are there any viable alternatives available?