A few PDF tools have succeeded in carving out some space from Adobe’s omnipresent software – the Adobe Reader. Is Adobe rueing the fact that they made the PDF document format open?
We wouldn’t know, but the openness has brought popularity and made the PDF format the de facto way to exchange files across all operating systems. Adobe has been the standard bearer and many have come in its broad wake. The battle between free software is very like a ‘Battle for A Free World’. How many features can you pack into a free software and make it a preferred download? This is where the Adobe Reader alternatives are packing it in.
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