On the topic of PDFs, one thing I have always wondered is why there aren't any OpenSource pdf editors that are comparable to Adobe or Foxit. Does anyone know?
Probably for the same reason there aren't any OpenSource comparables to Word, Excel, Outlook, Autocad, Quickbooks, or any other flagship productivity software
- There are several tools to read a PST file. Anyway… pst files are not commonly being shared with other people so the need to accessing it is uncommon unless you already use outlook.
- Autocad and Quickbooks are far less used (less people) than PDF.
I also wonder why there are no more tools to edit PDF files. Maybe licensing issues?
You are correct. Just because Libreoffice can mangle a docx file doesn't make them truly comparable.
emacs can edit a .sqlite file, but they aren't comparable.
The issue is the insanely massive investment needed to build and sustain a project with millions of lines of code for something that isn't particularly sexy.
