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by wolverine876 907 days ago
> it's a proprietary format. If Adobe goes bankrupt or obscure tomorrow, pdf will go out of use as a failed technology.

It's an ISO standard with a very large ecosystem outside Adobe. Many users and businesses I know don't use Adobe at all.

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They will use it, like COBOL. But are COBOL programs usable on your machine?