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Now imagine the world where Microsoft became Adobe's direct competitor and cut their oxygen supply.
by zubat 9y ago
Now imagine the world where Microsoft became Adobe's direct competitor and cut their oxygen supply.
- goldfire 9y agoThis is exactly what Microsoft were accused of doing to Lotus 1-2-3 back in the day. See [0]. TL;DR: wasn't true. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10432608 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10432608
- eon1 9y agoI feel like you're implying that would be a bad thing when it could actually be preferable. I don't think MS is faultless or anything, but I'd be surprised if they could make themselves as much of a pain as Adobe does (especially given all the OS integration opportunity).
- santaclaus 9y agoDidn't they try that with Expression back in the aughts and fail? Doesn't mean it couldn't work now, though!
- at-fates-hands 9y agoI actually found out about Expression way after the fact and thought it was a viable alternative - but by then, MS was already in the process of sending it out to pasture. It's like a co-worker said, "Adobe's software is bloated and cumbersome, but they have a top notch marketing team that keeps it afloat." But yes, if there is a company that is ripe to have some serious competitors it would be Adobe.