What Is Adobe All About...

Yesterday Harry came to me and asked me what is Adobe all about and how it developed as a great company? So I told him that Adobe started in the year 1990. In 1991 Dr John Wamock,Adobe co-founder,outlines a technology to transform the way people work and share information in his "Camelot Project" white paper.In 1992 Adobe PDF was unveiled.In this year Adobe PDF, code named "Carousel," debuts, winning a "Best of Comdex" award.In 1993 they planned to launch the Acrobat generation.Acrobat allows you with tools to create and view Adobe PDF files.In 1994 Adobe started growing.In this year Adobe began to distribute free Acrobat Reader software, building further momentum of Adobe PDF.Today, over 500 million copies of PDF-based Adobe Reader software have been downloaded worldwide.In 1995,Adobe PDF and the Internet revolution.An Acrobat plug-in for Netscape Navigator was unveiled, increasing the popularity of Adobe PDF files on the booming internet.
Approximately 10% of the documents on the internet today are available in PDF.In 1996, Acrobat 3.0 enabled Adobe PDF documents to support complete print production work flows: spot color, halftones, under color removal,overprint support, and more.In 1997, the addition of interactive,accessible Adobe PDF e-forms automates and accelerates a myriad of paper-based processes and Adobe PDF technology accelerates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug approval process by allowing pharmaceutical companies to submit new drug application in Adobe PDF.In 1999,Adobe PDF documents now enable users to annotate and review files, restrict access with passwords, add digital signatures, and capture Web pages.In 2000,an Adobe PDF-based version of Stephen King's first e-book, "Riding the Bullet,"is downloaded 400,000 times in 24 hours - totaling more copies that first-day sales of his hardcover book.In 2001, with Acrobat 5.0,Adobe PDF technology became an indispensable tool for business and government professionals everywhere. Today,PDF is used by over 2,400 global government agencies to securely distribute electronic documents between agencies, departments, and the public.In 2002,Time, Inc.,standardizes on PDF/X as its preferred delivery format for advertisements.In 2003 XML support for forms and meta data as well as the addition of more advanced security features make Adobe PDF even more powerful.The U.S. Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights are published online in Adobe PDF,bringing historical documents to anyone, anywhere. Today, more than 2 million PDF documents are available on U.S. government external websites.In 2004, Acrobat 7.0 was released, making Adobe PDF the tool get everyone on the same page.In 2005, ISO publishes PDF/A,a global standard for achieving and preserving electronic records.In 2006, the Adobe PDF Print Engine enables end-to-end work flows connecting users of Adobe Creative Suite with print professionals on a common technology platform - Adobe PDF and JDF.Adobe in 2006 also introduced Acrobat 3D software to accelerate 3D design collaboration with virtually anyone around the globe by easily converting 3D designs into Adobe PDF.In 2007, Adobe released the full Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7 specification to AIIM, for publication by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).Adobe also supports the Signature and Authentication for Everyone (SAFE) digital Signature standard that helps life sciences companies reduce time to market and the cost of clinical trivial's via PDF.In 2008, PDF was ratified by the ISO and was officially in the public domain as "ISO32000-Document management-Portable document format-PDF 1.7.The FY09 United States budget was published as a digitally signed and certified PDF document. PDF/A is accepted for submission by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Swedish National Archives, and the French Ministry that overseas nuclear energy.