Open Source Software: PDFCreator

By Korka Diouf

ISOM 424

What’s happening with PDFCreator

• PDFCreator is a application for converting documents into Portable Document Format (PDF) format on MW operating systems

• Main competitor: Adobe Reader

• 8,866 downloads so far this week (2/08/2015)

• Last update was in November 2013

• Premium Version: PDFCreator Plus• No ads, faster updates, Premium Support• 1 year license in 5 computers for $4.95• 3 years license in 5 computers for $11.95• Lifetime license in 5 computers with all future updates for $23.95

Features

• Create PDF Files: Convert docs to PDF, PNG, JPEG and TIF with freeware application

• Secure your PDFs with password and restrict access or modifications to your work

• Digital Signatures

• Use Profiles for easy access

• Automatic Saving

• Multilingual, Free and OpenSource

• Component Object Model (COM) Inferface

Marketing Strategy

• Organize conferences and help get the community together to learn more about the software

• Offer consulting services to businesses using the 2.0 version as well as the PDFCreator Plus one to generate more revenue and excitement within the community

• Increase exposure (links) for the users to easily download the software and use it

• Allow reviews to be displayed on their source forge platform