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by ylee 1676 days ago
>There was interest, or it was simple enough to allow open source implementation to flourish.

I used Applix Word to produce my résumé in PDF format when applying to jobs during senior year of college, 1998-1999. I don't remember if Applix itself generated the PDF from its .aw format, or if I used some other tool, but either way I had no trouble doing so from Linux.