Isnt Microsoft word a product of Microsoft office, which is not in turn free.
I know that HTML is a similar language, yet there are a great deal of
programs to read and translate this info. It is the competition aspect of
HTML (Netscape, Microsoft explorer, etc.) that has bred the further
development of the language. I did not know that there were other pdf
readers available and I am sure that a great deal of internet users are also
unaware of this. What really, really bothers me is the fact that every site
that uses pdf files advertises Adobe as the place to go. To me and others, I
believe that the competition factor is not apparent in the case of pdf
readers and that Adobe has taken over control of the production and sale of
pdf writers and readers. I find it very convenient that Adobe created the
file format PDF (1993) and have successfully marketed a free aspect of their
business in order to capture large gains. Isn't this considered dumping. Is
this true, did Adobe create and monopolize to a large extent the market by
dumping?
