PDF in Office 2007 - Adobe's Side of the Story

Adobe is just bellyaching like so many of MS' competitors: [url=http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/06/on_microsoft_pd.html]Per Mike Chambers of Adobe[/url], it is Adobe?s contention that it is afraid MS will embrace the PDF standard and extend it? Has MS done so? Has MS said it is going to do so? Does Adobe realize that MS is incorporating export to PDF functionality into Office because it is the second most requested feature by its customers? Where is the evidence that MS? motives are sinister? As for MS incorporating XPS into Windows, what is the problem? Can?t MS introduce a technology into Windows that competes against Adobe?s monopoly? MS should march into the EC and charge Adobe for trying illegally protect its monopoly in document export formats. All of this is just a smoke screen for Adobe not wanting to lose valuable revenue from its own Office export to PDF business.; Posted by: P. Douglas Posted on: 06/13/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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A history of.... davidmartinomalley | 06/13/06

And how is that a bad thing? No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/06

Because it kills competition FamilyManFirst | 06/13/06

Adobe's Position Is Weak P. Douglas | 06/13/06

re: Adobe's Position Is Weak davidmartinomalley | 06/14/06

No no no no no... Wolfie2K3 | 06/14/06

True, but . . . 999ad@... | 06/14/06

Sounds like Java dragosani | 06/13/06

MS Export to pdf polar_bare | 06/13/06

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