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I have all these OS's available to me as a developer. If anyone has a working XPS viewer for Vista, XP, Linux or MacOS then I'd appreciate a link.

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I could care less about crisper fonts or the like because PDF is satisfactory and is supported on all major OS's. I would personally prefer PDF as XPF doesn't provide me with any perceivable value as an end user. The only reason for not releasing a working viewer for all platforms is yet another attempt at restricting the use of competing operating systems.

When a user attempts to open an XPS file (a boarding pass in this case) and it doesn't work then it demonstrates to the user that the format is junk. It's a shame that Microsoft doesn't see the value in releasing a viewer for all of the major OS's (Linux included). I'm now searching for another XPS viewer of some sort that will work on any OS.

It's a shame that this viewer (for Vista) is incredibly buggy and doesn't work at all in many cases. For me though, it is still a second PC operating system (like Vista), with XP being my main PC. Linux is taking off and with great installs such as Ubuntu could be the future for some users.

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I agree that it would not be a commercial proposition as Linux users are less likely to want to pay for software to sit on top of a 'free' operating system. You never know, Microsoft may even buy the company for $50 million dollars.ДЄs for Linux, I would really like to see a Linux viewer. XPS is an open standard and as such anyone else could create a viewer and sell it for $250, then $200, then $150, then once there are enough customers to repay the development costs it could become free (in an ideal world). The only reason that someone is able to charge $300 for a viewer is because no one else has done it. People should be compensated for their time and effort ($300 is less that one days wage where I come from), and we should all remember that the spreading of XPS to other platforms isВ a good thing, as it makes it more likely that XPS will become recognised as a 'standard'. I don't think that there is a problem charging $300 for a Mac version that has been privately developed. Are there any bright Linux programmers that can bring XPS printing (rendering) and viewing to Linux? Due to the higher quality of XPS, getting XPS functionality onto Linux would add some serious competition to Adobe's PDF format and would cause one to seriously reconsider PDF as an archival or distribution format. If I understand this all correctly, Microsoft has published the XPS specs as an open format and they provide details on programming with it.

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MICROSOFT would do well to consider bringing out a Linux XPS viewer and renderer.but I suppose Microsoft doesn't know how to program for Linux?ДЄTTENTION LINUX PROGRAMMERS, please be advised that XPS is of a higher quality than PDF (more crisp and clear and retains formatting better than PDF). Great job brining such an app out for Mac, but that's a hard price to swallow for something that is free if you can, for example, run a virtual Windows environment on your Mac. Microsoft includes XPS printing and viewing capabilities free for Windows XP and Windows Vista yet is selling a MAC-only versionВ for $300!!!

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