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Microsoft takes on PDF
bhhenry writes "Linux Format reports on a new Microsoft PDF-killer technology to be included in Office 11, called XDocs. From the article: "Adobe's stock took an immediate hit, and some analysts went so far as to compare Adobe to erstwhile MS competitor Netscape.""
You're completely right. I have always considered us (europe) to be good allies of the US, but in these absurd times, where the US government is getting almost as bad and rotten as the USSR was in its worst times (Stalin) you can only be glad that we have nukes of our own.
It is very sad that what was once a friend can really turn into an enemy. Maybe (hopefully) I am exaggerating, but one never knows what this madness leads to.
One can only hope that the US gets its act together, ousts the corrupt political system and law system and recreates justice and order.
One can only hope that the US gets its act together, ousts the corrupt political system and law system and recreates justice and order.
One can only hope that the EU gets its act together, ousts the corrupt political system and law system and recreates justice and order.
And oh by the way, let's not see any more Hitlers, Mussolinis, Stalins, Schroders, anti-Semitism, racism, skinheads, anti-immigrant violence, football hooligans, subsidizing of unprofitable and uncompetitive industries, anti-Americanism, lazy unions, tolerance of Islamic terror groups, and... oh, nevermind!
it's = "it is"; its = possessive. E.g., it's flapping its wings.
Adobe gets screwed. Good. It couldn't happen to a more despicable company. The entire Adobe board of directors and their dimwitted attorneys deserve to be bent over Billy-boy's desk and deeply penetrated sans lubricants.
No, I don't like them. Did I fail to make that point clear?
BTW, have you looked at the price that Adobe charges for Acrobat (not the reader, which is free)? If you want to use PDF you are paying more for it than the copy of Windowz you're running it on.
Oh you sorry windoze punks. *shakes head*
WIth Mac OS X, you can create a PDF from any application that can print to a printer, at no extra charge.
It's really hard, too:
1. Choose Print from the File menu
2. Click the button that says Save as PDF
3. Pick a filename
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Yes, but people in the american administration is not happy
... also have nukes
I think you mean "are not happy".
europan
I think you mean "European". A Europan is from the Jovian moon Europa. Oh, and capitalize that, too.
there is no free market if market is allowed to create a monopoly. In physics this is called a singularity
Have you taken - and passed - any advanced astrophysics classes? Or have you read about the word "singularity" in the pulp science fiction novels that you buy at the mall? As it turns out, a singularity is not "when a free market is allowed to create a monopoly". It's actually something quite different, following the pattern of most astrophysics in not having much to do with free markets or monopolies.
Microsoft is indeed a kind of black hole
You are again mistaken. There are no types of black hole that astrophysicists refer to as "Microsoft" black holes, or even "Microsoft-type" or "Microsoftian".
It engulfs everything
This claim is easily refuted. I have not been engulfed by Microsoft, I am a part of that which is called everything, and thus Microsoft cannot be said to engulf everything. Q.E.D.
and distorts and ultimately breaks what gets near to it.
In what way does Microsoft distort or break think near it, and how do you define near? Is nearness defined as some distance threshold in a three-dimensional space? What is your threshold value? No matter your answer, I'm sure that many things (e.g. blades of grass on the front lawn) exist within a short distance of the Redmond campus that are not being distorted or broken, which invalidates your claim.
I am quite happy that we
Yes, that will help tremendously in dealing with Microsoft.
Washington, DC: It's like Hollywood for ugly people.