Adobe released a statement this week saying the company is still undecided about suing Microsoft.In its first lengthy statement about the brouhaha over Microsoft Office 2007's save-to-pdf feature, Adobe this week didn't rule out legal action as an option.
"Adobe has made no determination to take legal action against Microsoft—any speculation on this matter is just that," read the statement in part.
Representatives from Adobe declined to elaborate.
The statement also said that the real issue at play was not a specific feature or features, but the "protection of open standards."
"Adobe's concern is that Microsoft will fragment and possibly degrade existing and established standards, including PDF, while using its monopoly power to introduce Microsoft-controlled alternatives—such as XPS," the statement read.
"The long-term impact of this kind of behavior is that consumers are ultimately left with fewer choices."
The dispute between the two companies was first revealed in May 2006. Microsoft has since announced it would remove the PDF feature from Office 2007 and give OEMs the option of removing XPS (XML Paper Specification) components from copies of their new operating system, Vista.
Microsoft will not remove XPS from Vista, nor will it remove the "save to XPS" capability from Office 2007.
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