[CS-FSLUG] NI: Next version of Microsoft Office to support PDF?

[Don Parris]

On 10/3/05, Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> At 05:52 PM 10/3/05, Don Parris wrote:
>
> >On 10/3/05, David Aikema <daikema at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This weekend on Slashdot.org, there was a posting of an MSDN blog -
> > > http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/10/01/476067.aspx -
> > > which said that PDF support would be introduced in the next Office
> > > release.
> > >
> > > I'm suspecting that this is related to the earlier Massachusetts
> > > decision, and of course this is a capability that OpenOffice has
> > > already possessed for quite some time.  The question is, do you think
> > > that supporting PDF will be a sufficient move for MS Office to remain
> > > in that state?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> >It very seriously could keep MS Office in Massachusetts.  Supporting
> >PDF would be the perfect way for Microsoft to snub their noses at the
> >ODF standard while maintaining its presence.  Massachusetts would have
> >to accept that, since it is one of the acceptable formats.  If, as
> >Fred points out in his post, it's really all about ODF, then there
> >would have to be a legal way for Mass to close the PDF loophole on
> >Microsoft.
>
>
> Is PDF an acceptable format?  Not if it's about r/w formats - unless we
> expect MSO12 to read/modify/write PDF format files.
>
>

Good point.  I wasn't thinking of that.  The need to edit could mean
Msft is still out in the cold.

Don
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