To pdf or not to pdf?

I guess this news is going around in all of the blogosphere - Microsoft has to remove its "save as pdf..." because Adobe seems to threaten with a lawsuit. I think it is still unclear what is the rationale behind this decision from Adobe... but this definitly seems like a dumb move especially since Open Office has implemented the same functionality and Adobe didn't complain about it either... I guess the title of Peters posting says it all - "Is Open Software not open for everyone?"

Here are some interesting posts about this topic:

Open XML formats: legal issues around PDF support- Definitely take a look at the comments, they are definitely an interesting read - also take a look at the follow up

Microsoft to Adobe: let's make a deal

Will Adobe take its Microsoft malcontent to the courtroom?

Slashdot on the Microsoft-Adobe stand off- Always fun to read to unbiased comments on slashdot ;-) ...

Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF

It's back

>Is Open Software not open for everyone?