On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:48:04 +0100
"Guy Fawkes" <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:3079626.bUgaoE7jui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Windows Vista Product Guide: Free to Download, $149 to Read
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | 'Windows Vista Product Guide' was released in two formats:
> > |
> > | Microsoft Office Word 2007
> > | The standard .doc format isn't good enough, you need to be
> > able to | read a .docx file, so all those users of Office XP are
> > just plain | out of luck on
> > | this one.
> > |
> > | XPS
> > | What the heck is XPS? I hadn't heard of it before now, (a
> > quick | Google tells me XPS is Microsoft's proprietary rival to
> > PDF) | but apparently you need a special reader for it (which is
> > | kindly enough built into Vista, but nothing else).
> > `----
> >
> > http://itsvista.com/2006/12/windows-vista-product-guide-free-to-download-149-to-read/
> >
> > Related:
> >
> > PDF and XPS: When Acronyms Compete
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Right now, Adobe is working with European regulators, according to
> > | published reports. Lawsuit is another option being considered by
> > the | San Jose, Calif.-based company.
> > |
> > | [...]
> > |
> > | XPS removal from Office 2007 would suggest that Microsoft feared
> > | Adobe could make at least a seemingly legitimate legal complaint.
> > | The brunt of lawsuits has been against Windows, not Office.
> > Microsoft | would want to keep Office out of the line of legal fire.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/pdf_and_xps_when_acronyms_compete.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
> > http://tinyurl.com/yxpplw
> >
> >
> > Microsoft's PDF-killer heads towards standards body
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | There's no doubt about it: Adobe's Portable Document
> > Format---better | known as PDF---is a choice tool for digital
> > document delivery. Some | might say that it's the tool for
> > delivering complex documents to wide | array of users, as its design
> > allows for faithful rendering on any | platform that supports
> > PDF---application issues, font problems, | layout quirks, etc., need
> > need not apply. |
> > | Enter Microsoft...
> > `----
> >
> > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061015-7992.html
> >
> >
> > Adobe could still sue Microsoft: paper
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Microsoft's new Vista software, due to be released early next
> > | year, contains a version of fixed document formats which would
> > | compete with Adobe's PDF format. Microsoft has pledged to make
> > | changes to its version.
> > `----
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/adobe_microsoft_dc
>
> I shed no tears for Adobe either. This company treats the 'open' PDF
> standard as it's property when someone becomes a threat to it.
> Besides, Adobe still controls the .PDF standard and is able to change
> the specs if it suits it. Adobe also holds several 'patents'
> regarding PDF, I believe.
i agree, what the heck is wrong with the world, why doesn't everyone use
tex/.ps?
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