Adobe fights back
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The one thing people (read: activists on either side of the Apple v Adobe thing) have to remember is that, primarily, Google's brand revolves around its search engine in the average consumer's mind. I'm sure, in time, this will eventually change with the right marketing coming out of Google but, for now, the first association most people have with Google is internet searches, not mobile phone OSes.
Really, the Apple v Adobe v Android debate is pretty much limited to fanboys in any of the camps, and people who have a vested interest in one particular side winning (shareholders).
The point I'm trying to make is that no one device or platform will kill or supplant another, whether it's the iPhone/iPad, any of the Blackberries, any sort of Android device, or whatever else some bright spark comes up with between now and whatever. God knows Apple and RiM have been trying to kill the other off in the mobile market for a few years, now, and that war was basically a non-starter.
I think what it comes down to is that this whole very public antagonism between Apple and Adobe has been nothing more than bread and circuses for the fanboys, with the net result being increased brand loyalty and sales for both. Nothing more.
Neither the mobile market - nor the creative industry - are going to implode as a result of any of this because, at the end of the day, The Man in the Street simply doesn't give a rat's arse about it; and he represents the majority of consumers.
- Also, I suspect that both Jobs and Adobe's CEO have small penises, which may or may not be entirely besides the point.Continuity