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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Christopher,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I would start by saying that this is beyond my realm of expertise and I am certainly in no position to opine on ICANN’s relationship with Adobe and/or the use of PDF. I am also not familiar with the specific issue that you are encountering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>That said, my understanding of the primary reason that many of us use PDF in the ICANN community is based in its portability, in that you have many choices of software to open a PDF and will more or less have the same viewing experience as others. Perhaps you might want to try a different software option?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I am happy to defer to others on this topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>"lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson" <lists@christopherwilkinson.eu><br><b>Reply-To: </b>"lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson" <lists@christopherwilkinson.eu><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 1:39 PM<br><b>To: </b>"gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"cw@christopherwilkinson.eu" <cw@christopherwilkinson.eu><br><b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Adobe, and .PDF files …<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p><a name="_MailOriginalBody">Dear Steve:<o:p></o:p></a></p><p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The potential ramifications are far reaching.<br><br>If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial documents (as I have also done so until recently) then in due course the whole of the ICANN community will have to become <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>nolens volens </span></em> 'members' of Adobe.<br><br>Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Just a thought<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>CW<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> escribió:<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></body></html>