- From: Vincent Hardy <vincent.hardy@sun.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:33:00 +0100
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Hello Vadim, > | VP> But SVG can be used as *final distribution* format for documents, > | VP> no? I SVG can replace closed PDF at some moment. What we need > | VP> for this is good, fast SVG renderer, and necessary support for > | VP> printers (drivers). I can think CUPS can be a good start for > | VP> this. We just need replace PS with SVG, and GhostScript with good > | VP> SVG renderer. > | > | Well, SVG can be used in a large number of places and this is > | certainly one of them. You should take a look at Batik it is > | currently the most conformant SVG renderer available (unfortunately > | for you it does not do font hinting at all). But it is certainly > | capable of taking the place of a tool like GhostScript (who's font > | rendering is generally much worse than Batik's - IMHO). > > I doubt that Batik is capable to take a place of GhostScript. > It requires Java, it's slow, and it's huge. > > Java will die in 6-12 months, unless Sun finally change its mind and make Java > Open-Source.** So, it's not good idea IMO to use product based on > close-to-death technology. > > ** C# will eat Java's lunch, as Sun is a way behind Microsoft with marketing > experience, and Java has no advanatges over C#. People on this list usually have constructive discussions. Derogatory statements do not help making progress and heated comments on Java are not helping the SVG 1.2 specification. Besides, of course, I disagree with your analysis on Java which I think has a long and healthy life ahead of it. Its powerful APIs and large number of open-source projects built on it are a few of the reasons why I think it will continue to be sucessful. But this list is the wrong place for such a debate, so thanks for moving the discussion on Java to some other forum where it is appropriate. Regards, Vincent.
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