[IP] more on PDF

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: 	Re: PDF
Date: 	Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:20:41 -0700
From: 	Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To: 	Glenn Fleishman <glenn@glennf.com>, dave@farber.net
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At 08:56 AM 11/25/2005, Glenn Fleishman wrote:

> I'll have to go research this, but I know that Adobe publishes a PDF spec and
> doesn't try to prevent other firms from developing software that has complete
> read, edit, and write functionality. 

Actually, it does -- via omissions in the spec and twists in the implementation
of Acrobat. That's why it can CLAIM that PDF is an "open" format without
sweating competition. It's also why you only see ONE competing reader ("Ghostview"),
and why that reader often won't properly render documents that Adobe's reader can
handle.

--Brett Glass



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