Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> High Plains Thumper on Sunday
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Interesting, I am glad they spoke up.
>>>
>>> Adobe took quite a big blow yesterday:
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060616/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_adob
>>> e
>>>
>>> Lowered profits due to acquisitions, so stock fell
>>> despite positive response of the DJ and NASDAQ indices.
>>
>> Perhaps the dip in stocks is something in passing? I
>> admire Adobe for adhering to principles and having
>> honorable substance.
>
> I wish they had sold Photoshop for Linux... not that I
> would use it, but it holds many hostage (Windows or Mac
> OS). Also, their image format could be made more
> standardised. I am not aware, however, of many image
> formats that involve layering. Moreso, these issues arise
> in vector graphics where formats are badly 'glued' between
> applications. Then there's Macromedia Flash (not viewer,
> but editor), Illustrator, etc. Adobe could be more
> platform-neutral, but they aim for market share.
I do not have much experience with Photoshop, but I have used
their Acrobat. It does a very good job at making compact PDF
files. Lexmark could learn from them. I used their software
to make a PDF file from a 22 page scan, it was 78 MB, which I
found hard to believe. With Acrobat, it would have been
somewhere around 2 MB.
As Linux desktop increases in popularity, it would not
surprise me if they come up with a Linux version.
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