<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Michael Barr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barr@math.mcgill.ca">barr@math.mcgill.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Do users think that dvi is becoming obsolete? Do you think that in, say 30 years (the length of time that dvi has been around), there will be pdf readers for whatever computers are around by then. Will there be dvi readers?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are HUGE numbers of documents being stored in PDF format now, including TeX/LaTeX/ConTeXt documents, as well as those from other sources. It's probably *the* pre-eminent digital archiving format.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Therefore, in 30 years, there will absolutely be some accomodation for PDF. It may be converters as opposed to readers, but there will be some way to access these documents.</div><div><br></div><div>There may still be a small but dedicated following for DVI, still maintaining some support software, but it will certainly be a fringe effort.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-pd</div></div>