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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, that is the meaning of "proprietary", but although PDF was originally created and owned by Adobe, they handed "ownership" of it to the International Standard Organisation (ISO) a couple of years ago, and it is now an open standard.
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Originally Posted by Snuffi
What you looked up is quite correct. PDF *WAS* a proprietory and *DID* belong to Adobe. But once something is standardized by the ISO it doesn't belong to one single company anymore in the sense that that company can change/withdraw/etc. that format on a whim.
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THX HarryT and Snuffi for enlightenment on this. Seems I'd better looked up PDF as well - good to fresh up your knowledge from time to time...
*sigh* When you've been there from the early days on, you sometimes feel SOOOOO old...
