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In article <1634@intercon.com>, amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
> Don Lancaster's columns are overrated.  He finds odd tidbits and then prints
> things that imply he knows more about what's going on.  He hasn't said
> anything about what FlxProc does, or coloring procedures, or anything more
> interesting than various hacks to get character bitmaps back to his Apple
> II.  He seems mainly interested in ways to treat a LaserWriter as a 300dpi
> raster printer.  Grumble.  Maybe he should buy a LaserJet :-).
> 
> Unless you're debugging a new PS printer, what's the use of a ROM monitor,
> beyond being able to say "I know something you don't know?"
> 
> Except for Type 1 fonts, I generally find that when I want to do something
> that Adobe doesn't document, it's because I'm approaching the problem in
> the wrong way.  LaserTalk is the only real exception, and that's only because
> Adobe keeps not shipping Display PostScript for the Macintosh, even though
> they also keep showing it at MacWorld as a "technology demonstration."
> 
> I suppose I can understand that they want Apple to support it, but this
> seems to be an unrealistic hope at this point, and the success of ATM seems
> to show that real live Display PostScript would have a pretty high demand
> in the Macintosh market...
> 
> Amanda Walker
> InterCon Systems Corporation
> --

True.  Don lives in an APPLE II world.  You are wrong, however in certain
statements.  He has (unfortunatly) mentioned what FLXPROC does.  It happens
to be critical to certain things, that several consultants are working on here
and there.  He knows enough not to blab some things, and jerk work out from
under individuals(at least some of the time).  Don has dug pretty deeply
into certain areas of PS, and I have dug deeply into other areas of PS.  Don
is first and formost a writer.  He's self employed, and extremely intellegent.
I am first and formost a software engineer, and secondly a writer.  I tend
to write, however for clients.  I'm confident that I know what FLXPROC does, and
what it is good for.  And I'm sure Don does also.  I more or less told him
about FLXPROC and he more or less told me what it does.  After first quarter
1990, some things will be essentially worthless as consulting info, and will
rapidly become public knowlege.  I don't applogize for keeping the lid on
some things.  I'm a bit of a mercenary in a way.  I like consulting.

Cheers

Woody