Just weeks after Adobe acquired Macromedia in a long-term move to compete with Microsoft, the Windows maker is striking back with a new product designed to overtake the graphics company’s popular Portable Document Format. Microsoft’s Longhorn, the software giant’s next version of Windows, will include Metro, an application that allows users to create files that can be printed, viewed or archived without requiring the program that created them.
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Microsoft’s Metro Goes Head-to-Head with Adobe
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire May 3, 2005 01:06 PMJust weeks after Adobe acquired Macromedia in a long-term move to compete with Microsoft, the Windows maker is striking back with a new product designed to overtake the graphics company’s popular Portable Document Format. Microsoft’s Longhorn, the software giant’s next version of Windows, will include Metro, an application that allows users to create files that can be printed, viewed or archived without requiring the program that created them.