Comments on: Adobe to Standardize PDF http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adobe-to-standardize-pdf Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html#comment-404 Anonymous Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html#comment-404 Could you provide an example of a non-Adobe program that renders PDF files correctly 100% of the time? By that, I mean with ALL features--forms, encrytion/DRM, scripting, etc.<br /><br />I have never seen such a program. Could you provide an example of a non-Adobe program that renders PDF files correctly 100% of the time? By that, I mean with ALL features–forms, encrytion/DRM, scripting, etc.

I have never seen such a program.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html#comment-397 Rob Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:59:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html#comment-397 Sure, you could say that. But you would be wrong.<br /><br />There are plenty of non-Adobe applications out there that create or render PDF, and these are available on many platforms, proprietary as well as open source.<br /><br />Also, as I noted, several subsets of PDF, adapted for specific domains, have already been standardized for ISO. So having the full PDF specification as an ISO standard would complement the existing standards nicely. Sure, you could say that. But you would be wrong.

There are plenty of non-Adobe applications out there that create or render PDF, and these are available on many platforms, proprietary as well as open source.

Also, as I noted, several subsets of PDF, adapted for specific domains, have already been standardized for ISO. So having the full PDF specification as an ISO standard would complement the existing standards nicely.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html#comment-395 Anonymous Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/adobe-to-standardize-pdf.html#comment-395 Interesting you are applauding Adobe. What are they doing that is different than Microsoft?<br /><br />One of the biggest criticisms of OOXML is that it is merely an XML representation of Office binary file formats. Microsoft is, in essence, standardizing its propriety formats.<br /><br />Yet PDF *is* a proprietary format. It derives from PostScript, which Adobe has had years to work on. It as also complex. In short, you could say that PDF, like OOXML, is a format that nobody aside from its creator could faithfully render. Interesting you are applauding Adobe. What are they doing that is different than Microsoft?

One of the biggest criticisms of OOXML is that it is merely an XML representation of Office binary file formats. Microsoft is, in essence, standardizing its propriety formats.

Yet PDF *is* a proprietary format. It derives from PostScript, which Adobe has had years to work on. It as also complex. In short, you could say that PDF, like OOXML, is a format that nobody aside from its creator could faithfully render.

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