PDF is a standard?

[der.hans]

moin moin,

catching up on news of m$ claiming it will support ODF sometime next year.

I notice that m$ is planning on joining standards committees for ODF and
PDF.

Is PDF a standard? I thought PDF was owned and run by Adobe, but they were
allowing 3rd party implementation.

http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32228

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/21/technology/msft.php

ciao,

der.hans
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