Hardly. Having a checklist of required features is not an attack on market-based competition.
The proposed policy is also puzzling and arbitrary in its approach to Adobe’s PDF format (search). The policy acknowledges that PDF falls outside the “open” format mandate, but grants PDF an exception so that agencies can continue to use it.
PDF is an open format. Anyone who cares to implement the format within their application is able to do so, because Adobe has provided detailed specifications describing the format.
From what I understand, so is Microsoft's new format, which was specifically opened to meet the supposed MA request. But MA moved the target anyway.
That's right I export PDF file from open Office all the time.
Open Office is a little buggy sometimes but I like it. When it crashes on me The doc recovery is excellent. I can't complain it's free!
LOL! It's still proprietary. Adobe can change the standard at any time without any notice. That's what M$ gets beat up on all the time. They want a standards body to own it.