Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Metro vs. PDF?
CNET has an article on Microsoft's upcoming Metro format, which is intended for document exchange for applications within Windows, though in principle it's cross-platform. Is there a reason for the new format, other than Microsoft's natural desire to gain an advantage over Adobe? It's not clear at this point.
Not much information is available about the Metro format at this point, but it's based on XML plus ZIP compression -- a combination also used by OpenOffice. PDF has gotten very complicated in its recent versions, and an XML format could at least be cleaner.
- Microsoft Metro opens opportunities (IDC)
- Metro may not kill PDF after all (PDF Zone)
- Noise and flame on Slashdot
# posted by Gary McGath @ 12:43 PM 
