[geeks] PDF to become an open standard

[Mark]

On 20 Feb 2007, at 18:52, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> Adobe has announced it is turning the PDF standard over to AIM to  
> become
> an international ISO standard.
>
> Could this be a reaction to XPS, Microsoft's new "open" document  
> format?
>
> Adobe says no, but they announced the release of PDF the day before  
> the
> Vista and XPS launch...

I think it's about time - it's been half-cocked as a semi-open-ish  
standard for a long time.

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