Why Adobe likes open source

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Oct 23, 2009 1:14 PM EDT
Heise; By Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe
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He’s the man who brought open source to Silicon Graphics and NEC and advisor to Warburg Pincus on how to make money investing in open source. "At one point I got the title of open source's undercover agent," recalls Dave McAllister. He was recruited by Adobe as Director of open source and standards with a specific mission: "I was hired to, a) start an open source process and, b) get PDF approved as an ISO standard." So: mission accomplished?

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If Adobe likes open source so much... caitlyn 12 1,653 Oct 25, 2009 4:45 PM

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