Adobe + Microsoft
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- gosche0
its like in nature, big fish eats small fish!
Macromind => Macromedia => Adobe => Microsoft
- raf0
"if you ask me they don't look after there best customers - us."
Hahahaa... Apple regained their strong position when they started to ignore designers and started to look after the average user.
They officially declared the pareto principle to be their rule: cater for 80% of regular users, ignore 20% of power users.
Do you think iMacs would be glossy if they were meant for professional work? Hahaha...
Yet still, designers think Apple is supprosed to work for them and they get angry when Apple releases a product which is clearly not meant for them (ie. MacBook Air).
- <randommail
- shit you nailed itgeorgesIII
- About right.pillhead
- NONEIS0
If you cant beat em, BUY em.
- jfletcher0
I love how so many people think MS will ruin Adobe? Really?? Each time a new CS is released, I have to add 4 more gigs of RAM to my computer. It's bloated. If anything I think Adobe might be *less efficient than MS, which is surprising, but very possible.
My only concern is they could try to merge things like Illustrator and Blend... then my head might explode. I like the idea, but thinking about the UI... although a lot of people do love Visual Studio.... so... who knows.
- neowe0
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- Glitterati_Duane0
I don't care if they put out crappy products like the air if the hypnotized masses will buy them and keep Apple in business. As long as they keep making Mac Pro's as well I'm good.
- See? Air is a great computer but it can't run photoshop, it's not for you, so you must slag it.raf
- Yep. I primarily use my computers for work so...Glitterati_Duane
- Apple product not meant for you = shit? So many designers here have this approach.raf
- Dodecahedron0
i hope adobe's focus on mobile and getting in bed with microsoft opens up more competition in the creative software business
- neowe0
Microbe Adsoft SE™ will be the only software they make. it will do everything.... web, databases, print, audio, spreadsheets, code, ftp, network, motion... poorly.
- ukit0
- randommail0
Non-pirated Adobe CS running on Mac OS.
Is it safe to assume less than 2% market share?- ...or a legit student version to start, then cheap updatesTenaciousG
- it's closer to 40%/60% Adobe couldn't survive without Mac sales for nowPIZZA
- Pizza, I meant 2% market share of all PCs.randommail
- Glitterati_Duane0
@ raf. I don't think all Apple products not targeting designers are crap. I'm just not a fan of the Air. The lack of CD drive and other peripherals make it annoying for casual users too. For me it was one product that bought into the stereo type of Apple products being more flash than substance.
- It was built with 1 main purpose (as its name says itself): to be lightweight. It's perfect for ie. women who otherwise...raf
- ...would have to run around with a 3 kilogram bulky laptop. It is perfect. If CD is needed, can be attached.raf
- Sorry about repeating "perfect", there are more Steveese words: phenomenal, remarkable, magical, etc...raf
- jetSkii0
Apple should just release their own Creative Suites then. Just as Apple created Final Cut Pro which blew Adobe Premiere out of the waters for an entire decade. I surely would love a better graphic app that had a better ui
- ukit0
- ukit0
Usually Arstechnica does a good job of writing about this stuff, but that article seemed to be a long-winded way of saying Microsoft should buy Adobe so they can make Flash work on Windows phone.
But wait...doesn't Android already support Flash, without the costs and burden of merging two big corporations?
The more interesting takeaway for me is that Windows 7 Phone won't support Flash at all when it gets released. I was kinda assuming it would.
- benfal990
Why won't they all join togheter and form a super company that would create solid and cool stuff for the people?
oh LOL! :D
- Eventually everything will merge and only one company will remainukit
- Wal-Mart®ukit
- eventually??
it is already happening, tv, radio, internet, editorial, big tech, pharmaceutical, they're all onegeorgesIII - Alright calm down there buddyukit
- ukit0
I blame all of you who kept posting unfounded negative shit about Apple/ Steve Jobs and acted like it was the end of the world because the iPad didn't run Flash.
Adobe read all that shit and thought they had an opportunity to try and sideline Apple. And now thanks to you, we have PhotoOffice® Expression 2Advanced Excel Cuntfucker® Home Edition® to look forward to. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
- stop blaming people
and start not giving a fuckgeorgesIII
- stop blaming people
- georgesIII0
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