Adobe Threatens Microsoft With Suit

lseltzer writes "Adobe has threatened an antitrust suit against Microsoft, over PDF writing in Office 2007. Adobe wants Microsoft to separate the feature and charge extra for it. Microsoft has agreed to remove PDF writing, but won't charge extra." From the eWeek article: "In February, Adobe Chief Executive Bruce Chizen told Reuters he considered Microsoft to be the company's biggest concern. 'The competitor I worry about most is Microsoft,' Chizen said at the time. Adobe's PDF technology lets producers create and distribute documents digitally that retain designs, pictures and formatting. "

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OFFTopic

[Arbin]

Anyone else finding digg.com a big fat 404 right now?

Re:WTF is their problem?

[morganew]

Many of the comments here focus on "well, if MS licensed it, what's the problem". These sentiments get to the right conclusion, but by the wrong path. Microsoft is talking about implementing the ISO standard version of PDF. Adobe has made PDF a standard, and therefore they don't get to pick and choose who uses it.

This concept is at the very core of open standards!

So yes, "what's the problem" is the right conclusion, but the message has to be "anyone can implement an open standard, including microsoft"