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Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
that author is a lazy asshole for not putting the document on the internet as HTML. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A GODDAMN PDF
PDFs have their benefits. There's no need to worry about what fonts the other user has, what browser he's using, or what version. Furthermore, anyone can download Acrobat, and just about every OS has a means to read PDFs. You're pretty much ensured your document will display just as you made it, wherever it ends up.
A lazy bastard is someone who simply lets OpenOffice or Word convert a document to HTML, losing all of his original formatting, or in some cases making it illegible. The quality of this article aside, the author probably wanted it to be easily printable and professional looking if presented to an administrator or whoever might be interested.
PDFs are not your enemy.