Comments on: Microsoft – Adobe: Much Ado About Nothing http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-572 Anonymous Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:32:00 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-572 this is a good pdf converter tool http://www.sharewarecheap.com/business-finance-word-processing/abc-amber-pdf2image-converter9585-23.htm this is a good pdf converter tool

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-571 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-571 As a company that uses a mix of Adobe products and open-source PDF products, we can say that this is no big deal. If you want to create sophisticated PDF docs, and work with many types of PDF forms, as just two examples, you need Adobe, period, and Adobe profits nicely off this. Also when you need it to 100% work - you need Adobe. MacOSX PDFs, for example, often create problems with complicated documents - rendering them unreadable on PDF readers. MSFT shouldn't be much more of a threat than any of the cheap/open source stuff out there. It probably will lead to more Adobe sales - perhaps less of Elements, but more of all the rest. As a company that uses a mix of Adobe products and open-source PDF products, we can say that this is no big deal. If you want to create sophisticated PDF docs, and work with many types of PDF forms, as just two examples, you need Adobe, period, and Adobe profits nicely off this. Also when you need it to 100% work – you need Adobe. MacOSX PDFs, for example, often create problems with complicated documents – rendering them unreadable on PDF readers.

MSFT shouldn’t be much more of a threat than any of the cheap/open source stuff out there. It probably will lead to more Adobe sales – perhaps less of Elements, but more of all the rest.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-570 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-570 I agree: it is much ado about nothing. Microsoft can legitimately point to all the competing vendors supporting PDF to argue that the market expects them to. It would be tough for Adobe to win this case, either in the legal arena or in the court of public opinion. Sridhar I agree: it is much ado about nothing. Microsoft can legitimately point to all the competing vendors supporting PDF to argue that the market expects them to. It would be tough for Adobe to win this case, either in the legal arena or in the court of public opinion.

Sridhar

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-569 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/02/microsoft-adobe-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-569 Adobe has spoken to me about this. They are deeply concerned the inclusion of PDF conversion tools by MSFT in MSFT core systems will erode their franchise. I'd be a lot happier to see them big up Flex. Adobe has spoken to me about this. They are deeply concerned the inclusion of PDF conversion tools by MSFT in MSFT core systems will erode their franchise.

I’d be a lot happier to see them big up Flex.

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