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Originally Posted by toddos
Also, why isn't your printer using LaTeX? That's a far superior layout format than PDF.
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I'm not enough of a format enthusiast to be able to speak definitively on LaTeX, but:
The superiority of one format over another is almost always subjective.
Betamax was "superior" to VHS, until the customers started pointing out that they didn't mind a drop in picture and sound quality if it meant they could record more than an hour's worth of video and thereby not have to stay home and juggle tapes in order to get the evening's sporting event recorded. (And the movie enthusiasts didn't much enjoy having to get up and switch out tapes as the movies started getting longer than an hour.)
Therefore, VHS was superior to Betamax
for those customers who treasured the hour+ recording times over the audio/video quality. Other customers kept their Betamaxes, even after the format war was largely won, because they wanted the audio/video quality more.
No one can say which format was "superior" because ultimately the subjective customer desires weren't the same for every customer.
Your opinions are being expressed in a very dogmatic fashion.
