__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 16 June 2006 18:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:19:57 +0100
> <3127339.3Y0Wq34dll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Adobe Speaks Out on Microsoft PDF Battle
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "While much of the press coverage to date has centered on disputes over
>> | PDF and XPS [a competitive technology to PDF] in MS Office and Vista,
>> | the real issue is the protection of open standards," Adobe explains.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=22058
>
> Impressive.
>
> Adobe is committed to open standards, the company continues. Adobe
> publishes the complete PDF specification and makes it available for
> free, without restrictions, without royalties, to anyone who cares
> to use it. Because we license the PDF specification so openly, it
> has become a de facto standard, used by hundreds of independent
> software vendors worldwide. No other specification is employed on as
> many hardware platforms, operating systems and applications as PDF.
> PDF is incorporated into a number of ISO standards, and Adobe
> encourages developers, independent software vendors and publishers
> to support and embrace it. While the specification is available
> publicly, customers expect Adobe to ensure that the format does not
> become fragmented and that competing implementations of PDF do not
> undermine what customers have come to expect in terms of reliable
> viewing and printing of PDF documents across platforms and browsers.
>
> Kinda makes the whole GIMP vs. Photoshop debate a bit hollow, doesn't
> it? :-)
>
> Kudos.
__^__ __^__
( ___ )----------------------------------------( ___ )
| / | The funny thing perhaps is that | \ |
| / | Microsoft's final withdrawl from this | \ |
| / | ongoing debate could indicate that they | \ |
| / | had devious (or even devilish) plans to | \ |
| / | fork and fragment this existing format. | \ |
| / | I already have a hard time keeping up | \ |
| / | with the latest of Adobe and KGhostView | \ |
| / | fails to render a few fonts with a fine | \ |
| / | level of resolution, or the correct | \ |
| / | aspect ratio. History suggests that this | \ |
| / | was a possible path of operation for | \ |
| / | Microsoft, looking into the long-term | \ |
| / | future. Think HTML, to name just one | \ |
| / | example. | \ |
|___| |___|
(_____)----------------------------------------(_____)
Best wishes,
Roy
--
Roy S. Schestowitz | Windows: backward-compatible, even for viruses
http://Schestowitz.com | Open Prospects ¦ PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Tasks: 174 total, 1 running, 165 sleeping, 0 stopped, 8 zombie
http://iuron.com - knowledge engine, not a search engine
|
|
