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To: Dave who wrote (60807)	8/24/2001 1:44:08 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Re: Standards It is true that words can have many meanings. Does "publishing" a file format make it "open"? Who other than Adobe is able to modify this "open standard"? In what sense is it "open"? Which independent standards body (ISO, ECMA, etc.) owns the PDF specification?

To: Dave who wrote (60807)	8/24/2001 4:31:24 PM
From: Joseph Pareti	Respond to of 74651

RE We use the word "standard" in many ways. One of them means "common" or "in wide-spread use." In this sense, Word is a standard. Another means "open, published, and completely specified". someone may argue today that SOLARIS is standard and Windows is not. In a couple of years you will tell me what was standard.