Adobe goes interplanetary in document viewer war
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| The Mars format consists of a single file with a .MARS extension.
| This file is actually a .ZIP compressed archive containing multiple
| files inside it. The text of the document is contained in
| human-readable .XML files; bitmaps are stored in the .PNG format,
| and scalable vector graphics are saved in Adobe's .SVG (Scalable
| Vector Graphics) format. Additional files in the package include
| metadata information, color maps, and optional file attachments.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061222-8487.html
Related:
Adobe Preps Response to Microsoft XPS
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| Adobe may already own the market for electronic documents thanks to
| PDF, but the company knows that Microsoft has a habit of showing up
| late to the party and stealing the crown. In turn, Adobe is beta
| testing a new project it calls "Mars," which is an answer to
| Microsoft's new XPS format.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Adobe_Preps_Response_to_Microsoft_XPS/1165967018
Where's Microsoft's 'Flash killer'?
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| Anyone out there still remember Windows Presentation Foundation
| Everywhere (WPF/e), Microsoft's so-called Flash killer?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=98
PDF and XPS: When Acronyms Compete
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| 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.
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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
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| 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...
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061015-7992.html
Windows Vista Product Guide: Free to Download, $149 to Read
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| '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).
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http://itsvista.com/2006/12/windows-vista-product-guide-free-to-download-149-to-read/
Adobe could still sue Microsoft: paper
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| 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.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/adobe_microsoft_dc
Is the Adobe-Google Relationship Good for Adobe?
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| Thinking speculatively, Google is on the march itself and may view
| a relationship with Adobe as an ends to a means such as overtaking
| Microsoft.
|
| Relative market caps show Adobe at $24 Billion, Google at $148
| Billion and Microsoft at $296 Billion. Google needs something like
| Adobe. Microsoft does not have the same perspective. Watch the
| "other" category at Adobe. Will it become a bear hug or just
| another strategic relationship?
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061215/22523_id.html?.v=1
