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<blockquote data-quote="seregil" data-source="post: 6370147" data-attributes="member: 38425">if, by now, we do not have PDFs or clearly stated plans to put them out, we will not , in all probability, ever have PDFs until the products are out of print and, even then, we probably will not have the PHB/DM/MM as the other editions are not available in PDF either.As noted above, the current reasons are spin. Mearls is the front man for a large corporation and he doesn't get to say what he wants, he gets to read the talking points he is given. The real reasons for not providing PDFs are (very) probably completely different from he is saying to us.I am willing to bet a nice freshly minted Zoidberg dollar that, in about a year or so, we will be told that the success of DS is such that the clients are better served by the proprietary, closed technology that is DS than PDFs and , as such, no PDF will be forthcoming. In fact, even if DS is a disaster (can't even really speculate at the moment), WOTC will NEVER admit it just as they admitted any issues with 4E software UNTIL they could use them to justify/sell 5E.So, in short, they got the PDF issue wrong (again), they are (probably) trying to spin it to minimize damage (again) and their &quot;solution&quot; is to promise a piece of software that will fill this niche(again). That supposed solution is a classic example of re-inventing the wheel for no good reason assuming they even pull it off. Their track record for software sucks but let's wait and see.That being said, the technology to distribute electronic version of books already exists and it's called PDFs. Use it.However, to quote Bugleyman, this decision was probably made from a putting green, what can you expect?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="seregil, post: 6370147, member: 38425"] if, by now, we do not have PDFs or clearly stated plans to put them out, we will not , in all probability, ever have PDFs until the products are out of print and, even then, we probably will not have the PHB/DM/MM as the other editions are not available in PDF either. As noted above, the current reasons are spin. Mearls is the front man for a large corporation and he doesn't get to say what he wants, he gets to read the talking points he is given. The real reasons for not providing PDFs are (very) probably completely different from he is saying to us. I am willing to bet a nice freshly minted Zoidberg dollar that, in about a year or so, we will be told that the success of DS is such that the clients are better served by the proprietary, closed technology that is DS than PDFs and , as such, no PDF will be forthcoming. In fact, even if DS is a disaster (can't even really speculate at the moment), WOTC will NEVER admit it just as they admitted any issues with 4E software UNTIL they could use them to justify/sell 5E. So, in short, they got the PDF issue wrong (again), they are (probably) trying to spin it to minimize damage (again) and their "solution" is to promise a piece of software that will fill this niche(again). That supposed solution is a classic example of re-inventing the wheel for no good reason assuming they even pull it off. Their track record for software sucks but let's wait and see. That being said, the technology to distribute electronic version of books already exists and it's called PDFs. Use it. However, to quote Bugleyman, this decision was probably made from a putting green, what can you expect? [/QUOTE]

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