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At 01:15 PM 3/26/2004, Robert Ameeti wrote:
> The real question remains - where does the cost model go...Should the creator of the form pay the $$ or the user of the form?
The user. Most always. Spread the cost to those that need it.
IF this discussion were ONLY about saving foms, then yes - I agree.
HOWEVER, for the other features of Reader (when Extended), putting the cost on the user won't work. The creator NEEDS to know that their customer can do something (comment, digitally sign, use SOAP or ADBC, etc.)
Each time? No. One time purchase of the ability to fill out this form and Save it.
But how is that different from you going out and buying Approval today??
True, having a button/menu right in Reader that connects to some site at Adobe, conducts the transaction then enables that feature (or potentially other features) in your program, would make it more common for users to do so...
And again, that only addresses a single feature...of course, maybe Adobe lets you buy these features "piecemeal". I'd like Saving and DigSig for my Reader, but no commenting.
And this is where I feel it should be obligated to share and allow others to work with this industry standard format. Else we have a monopoly and that ain't right.
The file format is open and published - however, Adobe, has extended the format to add additional functionality (JavaScripting). Many aspects of this extended feature are documented, but there are a lot of others that are not - hence the problem.
Leonard
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