Subject:ADSM Publications pilot




 The pilot is ready!  Please try it out and let us know what you think.
 For now, the only book that is available is the ADSM General Information
 but if the pilot is a success we will make the other manuals available.

 The pilot url is:

 http://service.software.ibm.com/dl/run?pubs/pubpilot-intro

> Hi Carol,

>I hate to bother you, but do you have any estimate as to when this pilot
>program might start?  I see that you have made bookmanager and dynatext
>available via ftp, but I haven't seen any sign of PDF or Postscript files
>yet.

>Thanks.
>..Paul

 >Carol,
 >
 >Great, this sounds really nice.  We have used PDF here before, so we have
 >some experience with that.  We also use Postscript in a big way.  I will
 >definitely be interested in helping you out with this pilot program.
 >
 >..Paul
 >--
 >On Wed, 6 Mar 1996 07:17:07 MST you said:
 >>>In the meantime, until EBT improves DynaText, is there any chance of
 >>>making the postscript source available that is used to produce the printed
 >>>versions of the publications?
 >>
 >> Paul,
 >>
 >> We are planning a pilot program that will make the books available
 >> in several printable formats.  We plan to provide PDF (uses Adobe
 >> Acrobat viewer), chunked Postscript files, straight Postscript.
 >> The pilot is planned to begin 4/1/96.  Initially, only the ADSM
 >> General Information manual will be available because we need to
 >> know that the file formats are what the customer wants and that
 >> they can be printed successfully.
 >>
 >> I will append the pilot program announcement to this forum
 >> so you have the opportunity to participate.
 >>
 >> Carol