Microsoft, Adobe and the Murky World of “RAND”

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Andy Updegrove writes “For a week now, the IT world has been scratching its collective head over the breakdown of PDF licensing negotiations between Microsoft and Adobe.  At issue is why Adobe has allowed OpenOffice.org and Apple to bundle native support for saving documents in PDF format without any economic hooks, but apparently is requiring Microsoft to charge its customers more for Vista if this new release includes the same capabilities – even though PDF is a standard that should be available to all on the same terms.”

Link: ConsortiumInfo.org