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This dude I know is running for public office. He isn't very computer savvy, but he's a good ol' boy. The party he is running for (SFP) sent him some material to fill out and edit in the ridiculously expensive Adobe Indesign format so he asks me to help him out. I tell him the format is a closed one and can only be edited with the paid blessing of Adobe. So this dude asks the central party office to make the material (templates for posters and such) available to him in some format he can edit. Now he happily writes me and tells me that their "Project manager for new media" - no less! - has promised to get him the material in ... wait for it ... PDF! How the fuck is that any better?