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Re: [News] Microsoft Wants to Compete with/Kill PDF

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:15:52 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

 >>  >>> As far as I can see, Adobe slit their own throats here.  Microsoft
 >>  >>> apparently had no intent to compete with Adobe regarding XPS, but their
 >>  >>> hard stance against Microsoft shipping PDF capabilities with Office 2007
 >>  >>> has forced Microsoft to take the gloves off.
 >>  >> 
 >>  >> So how come Open office has PDF capabilities?
 >>  >
 >>  > Because they're not Microsoft.
 >> 
 >> More precisely because they're not a monopoly with a history of
 >> illegally bundling products and corrupting de facto standards.
 >
 > No, because they're not Microsoft.  Adobe doesn't want to lose their
 > revenue stream from Acrobat, and including PDF capability in Office would
 > hit them hard.  

i.e., illegal bundling by a monopoly.  If Microsoft were to sell a product
with PDF-generating capability, Adobe couldn't object.  It is the bundling
by a monopoly that is objectionable (and, indeed, illegal).

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