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PDFzone: Is Microsoft Running Scared of OpenDocument?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Oct 5, 2005

“What is Microsoft up to, anyway, with its sudden plan to
finally support PDF?

“It wasn’t announced by Bill Gates loudly to the world at the
Professional Developer Conference a few weeks ago. It also wasn’t
proclaimed to the Microsoft faithful at its recent Most Valuable
Professional Global Summit…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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