Moss2007 / Wss 3.0 PDF iFilter from Microsoft
Moss2007 / Wss 3.0 PDF iFilter from Microsoft
You have to admit that the title caught you’re eye ;)
Well, for now this is just a speculation, and it’s based on the simple fact that with the new age of Moss2007, Wss 3.0 & Office2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM – came a small , and just as important add-on to the Office Suite 2007 : Save as PDF !
Now in case you missed it Portable Document Format ( AKA PDF ) is
“Formerly a proprietary format, PDF was officially released as an open standard on July 1, 2008, and published by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 32000-1:2008” {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdf}
That said, I don’t have to tell you that almost in each organization that I meet ( that Installed Wss or Moss ) , PDF IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DOCUMENT FORMAT saved on the server !
On the other hand, there’s the Enterprise Search, now to be dependent on Adobe for an add-on for the search engine ? for a format that EACH OFFICE DOCUMENT CAN EXPORT TO ?!?
I think that BOART phrased that the best “NOT !!!”
So, in short, I won’t be surprised if Microsoft will release, in the very near future, a Free PDF iFilter to their Wss3/Moss2007 Product :)