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> 50 years from now, you are not going to have any trouble finding a .PDF viewer That is a very bold statement. 50 years is a long time even in human years. It
by brodsky 8y ago
> 50 years from now, you are not going to have any trouble finding a .PDF viewer
That is a very bold statement. 50 years is a long time even in human years. It's an eternity in technology years.
- CamperBob2 8y agoThe .PDF format is already 25 years old. What do you expect to happen in another 50 to render it obsolete? Specifically, what will kill off the .PDF format while leaving DjVu untouched?
- johnchristopher 8y agoMaybe: - Moving to HTML and signed HTML file. - JPEG > PDF on mobile so people send the first over the later.
- oever 8y agoIs there a standard for signing HTML files yet? I've not one where the signature and content could be in the same HTML file.
- johnchristopher 8y agoNope, I am just thinking of using GPG to sign and/or protect the file content (like with any other file).
- CamperBob2 8y agoAnd the adoption of signed, presumably-uncompressed HTML files will leave DjVu in a dominant position because...?
- johnchristopher 8y agoIt would just remove PDF from the dominant position. DjVu would still be mostly ignored by most.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoSome people forget that 50 years ago punched cards was still the ubiquitous format and people were only just switching to magnetic tape.