Feedback wanted on programming introduction (Python in Windows)

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Thad Smith <ThadSmith at acm.org> writes:

> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>
>> ... so I cheerfully installed it on the user's desktop machine
>> (Windows ME, would you believe), and then set about configuring the
>> reader, when... ouch! No PDF reader on the machine. Not even an
>> ancient Adobe version. Oh dear. Program suddenly rendered completely
>> useless for that person.
>
> There is a Catch 22 for installing Adobe Reader from the Adobe site (
> http://get.adobe.com/reader/ ) for the first time, without making a
> blind promise: "By clicking the Download button you agree to the
> License Agreements and Privacy Policies for the software included."
> Guess what format the license agreement is in.  ;-)

Use xpdf to read it!

Then use xpdf to read the other pdf documents, and forget about
proprietary software?

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__