PDF to become an open, ISO standard
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| Adobe Systems Inc. on Jan. 29 announced that it has released the
| full PDF (Portable Document Format) 1.7 specification to AIIM,
| the Association for Information and Image Management. AIIM, in
| turn, will start working on making PDF an ISO standard.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7542722606.html
Another formats war. While unable to compete on merits, there's a strategy
which involves locking the competition out, using small enhancement as an
excuse (e.g. HD, OOXML, XAML, DirectX, ActiveX, WVA/WMV). As vain as Adobe
may be, better the devil that we already know. At least it's cross-platform.
Related:
Adobe could still sue Microsoft: paper
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/adobe_microsoft_dc
Windows Vista Product Guide: Free to Download, $149 to Read
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| 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/
Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe
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| Software manufacturers, citing 2004 European Commission finding,
| contend the operating system violates server laws in Europe.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
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