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Before PDF: John Warnock's 'Camelot'

Posted by timothy on from the quest-for-the-holy-grail dept.

Karl De Abrew writes: "In the Spring of 1991 Dr. John Warnock wrote a paper he dubbed "Camelot" in which the Adobe Systems Co-founder and CEO laid out the foundation for what has become Acrobat/PDF. With the author's permission, Planet PDF is pleased to publish the full-text of that historic document." Of course, now it's 2002, and the dream of universal display / printing remains only partly realized; PDFs really have helped to narrow the gap between dream and reality, though.

2 of 214 comments (clear)

  1. Brilliant by baron000 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you are reading this post, and you have not read the document yet, read the document it is a must read; not only is it informative, but it is interesting.

  2. I never liked PDF by PhilHibbs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It has all the disadvantages of online and printed documentation rolled into one.