Comments on: Microsoft XPS is still in print http://www.rossrubin.com/outofthebox/2008/12/01/microsoft-xps-is-still-in-print/ Commentary on the post-digital device market by Ross Rubin Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:46:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ross Rubin http://www.rossrubin.com/outofthebox/2008/12/01/microsoft-xps-is-still-in-print/comment-page-1/#comment-28312 Ross Rubin Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:47:45 +0000 http://www.rossrubin.com/outofthebox/?p=755#comment-28312 Thanks for the comment and kind words, Michael. Yes, 300 dpi clearly was not good enough for Mac creative pros, but I thought it was a nice compromise for business use and good for more than "read me" files. And I agree with your larger point about XPS in that Microsoft hasn't broadly articulated the practical differentiation at this point. Other names on the tombstones include WordPerfect Envoy and Farallon Replica, which was simply one of the worst-performing software products I've ever used. Thanks for the comment and kind words, Michael.

Yes, 300 dpi clearly was not good enough for Mac creative pros, but I thought it was a nice compromise for business use and good for more than “read me” files. And I agree with your larger point about XPS in that Microsoft hasn’t broadly articulated the practical differentiation at this point.

Other names on the tombstones include WordPerfect Envoy and Farallon Replica, which was simply one of the worst-performing software products I’ve ever used.

]]> By: Michael Jahn http://www.rossrubin.com/outofthebox/2008/12/01/microsoft-xps-is-still-in-print/comment-page-1/#comment-28296 Michael Jahn Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:27:21 +0000 http://www.rossrubin.com/outofthebox/?p=755#comment-28296 Ah yes. I recall Common Ground. Useless for the prepress newspaper and magazine files we wanted to exchange, but great for 'read me' files. oh well. XPS - 13 years later, Microsoft offers what we had in Acrobat offered 6-9 years ago, and with no wow factor, no this is (better, smaller, faster)advantage, no one has any compelling reason to move from PDF to XPS. There is no ecosystem for XPS to grow in. Adobe Labs has Adobe Mars, and XML representation of PDF which also has no ecosystem, and they are watching that twist in the wind as well. Perhaps no one cares about another document exchange file that can't be edited - and what we are all on about is ODF or (eek!) OOXML. Nice blog BTW ! Ah yes. I recall Common Ground. Useless for the prepress newspaper and magazine files we wanted to exchange, but great for ‘read me’ files. oh well.

XPS – 13 years later, Microsoft offers what we had in Acrobat offered 6-9 years ago, and with no wow factor, no this is (better, smaller, faster)advantage, no one has any compelling reason to move from PDF to XPS.

There is no ecosystem for XPS to grow in. Adobe Labs has Adobe Mars, and XML representation of PDF which also has no ecosystem, and they are watching that twist in the wind as well.

Perhaps no one cares about another document exchange file that can’t be edited – and what we are all on about is ODF or (eek!) OOXML.

Nice blog BTW !

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