Mr. Derhammer: I think your post leads to another ethical question of a double standard. Why block Microsoft and not Apple? Apple has never been the PC of choice in business. You know MACs are mostly used by graphic artists, graphic designers who will inevitably be using Adobe products. I hope you get my point here. Often times, businesses make an agreement to benefit both parties. Too bad Microsoft couldn’t win this one for us, but that’s what capitalism is all about.

I agree with you completely on this. In fact Apple and Adobe do have a business partnership. Back when Apple released OS X, Adobe signed a contract with Apple allowing then to natively support many of their formats. In fact, the OS X GUI was originally drawn using PDFs (it’s now done with PNGs).

Regarding Microsoft’s lose, it’s been rumored that it may not be a total lose. Microsoft may be allowed to offer the feature as a free download. It’s an extra step for users, but in the end, they still get what they want.

You can’t blame Adobe for not letting Microsoft save as a PDF. This is just another example of what Microsoft has been doing for years. If software companies didn’t stand up and draw the line at some point, it would be the end all for all software companies besides Microsoft.

I think your post leads to another ethical question of a double standard. Why block Microsoft and not Apple? Apple has never been the PC of choice in business. You know MACs are mostly used by graphic artists, graphic designers who will inevitably be using Adobe products. I hope you get my point here. Often times, businesses make an agreement to benefit both parties. Too bad Microsoft couldn’t win this one for us, but that’s what capitalism is all about.