freehand sues adobe
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- jimbojones
fuck yeah america http://www.freefreehand.org/ffh_…
- usrper0
freefreewha?
- dMullins0
I don't get it. I thought Adobe owned Freehand now with the acquisition of Macromedia.
- sure, and doing this they are now a monopoly as far as vector apps gojimbojones
- ukit0
Monopoly is just standard operating procedure in American capitalism
- Amicus0
Yeah, it would be nice if Adobe had some competition. I can see an app based on Freehand but updated and recoded for 64bit architectures and multi-threading would be great. Freehand was my favourite vector app back in the day.
- dMullins0
Are they really a monopoly though? I can't think of the names but I have played with a few other vector apps out there, including some web-based ones (even some free web-based ones).
That said, I do miss Freehand a lot.
- no they are not a monopoly..there are tons of vector apps out there..it's just sour grapes people.Boz
- those are niche products at best, most of them don't even support cmyk. fh and corel were the only competitionjimbojones
- and corel still exists as well as many other vector apps because CMYK is becoming less relevant.. which all again says..they are not monopoly.Boz
- says..they are not monopoly.Boz
- there's a difference between being an industry standard and monopoly.Boz
- CMYK is becoming less relevant?dMullins
- ukit0
The fact that you can't even think of the names of the others kind of says it all, doesn't it?
- <jimbojones
- perhapsdMullins
- They do have competition: CorelDraw and Canvas are a couple, but who uses those instead of Illustrator or Flash?Kaleb242
- ukit0
I say bring back Macromedia
- *pounds fist on tableukit
- Yah, bring back marginal software updates in a company with no vision. *rabblerabblerabble*dMullins
- Macromedia introduced Flash to the market. I'd say they have vision.ukit
- Macromedia acquired it from FutureWave Software, they changed the name from FutureSplash to Flash.Kaleb242
- Yeah but what did it look like back then? Pretty basicukit
- pressplay0
call me naive, but: I am totally ok that there is a standard within the industry to use adobe products (illustrator, indesign, photoshop). Given the problems with compatibility even WITHIN the adobe suite, just imagine what it would be like if anyone could choose between three or four different competitors...
- jimbojones0
wat
without competition adobe would simply praise any little feature as something you totally need, cut the support of older versions and endlessly overcharge for their bug-infested bloatware. oh, wait
- pressplay0
my point is: you need a king, but not a bad king - the king must be good, like, a nice fellow, who is hanging around with his subjects, having a beer with them once in a while, knowing their problems and stuff, doing the right things...
- monospaced0
hey jimbojones, you read it wrong, Freehand isn't suing adobe...these are lawyers who represent users who are mourning Freehand under the guise of FreeFreeHand. Yeah, good luck with that...
- monospaced0
Their main goal is for this to happen:
"The current owner [Adobe] agrees to release FreeHand code and licensing to the opensource community for maintenance and further development for an agreed-upon price."
- ukit0
Hey why not? It sucks when companies buy other products just to kill them off.
- Amicus0
1. Design lightning fast vector app similar to freehand.
2. Promote via every design blog you can.
3. Sell Cheap
4. ??????
5. Sell company to highest bidder (Adobe or Quark?)
6. ???
7. Laugh as you swim in money
- reinitialize0
TL:DR; freehand users are still butthurt 10 years later