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Microdobe?

9 points by ashu 18y ago

lyime 18y ago
I find the timing of the article pretty ironic. Its interesting that you bring that up. I think you could be right that Adobe would be a good acquisition for Microsoft although merely talking about search Adobe doesn't fit will into that strategy. Microsoft is struggling to capitalize in search space and they obviously find it an important piece of the puzzle. At this moment Yahoo was their best fit in order to increase their market share. I am not quite so sure if they can do that with adobe. Although i think a mash-up of Microsoft and Adobe technologies would be cool to see.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  Adobe is clearly not going to help Microsoft with search. I'm just not sure that search isn't a bit of a lost cause for them anyway.
  - skmurphy 18y ago
    For enterprise search their acquisition of FAST should have a very strong impact. I wouldn't count them out for intranet oriented solutions.
andreyf 18y ago
Partnering with Yahoo would have given them dominant market share in IM and Mail - which means more data to play with to beat Google out of the advertising/search market. Advertising/search brings revenue, unlike Flash or Silverlight. I'm not sure why I'm not seeing it, but could someone expound on what "owning" Flash would even give MS, aside from bragging rights...
cousin_it 18y ago
Flash going under Microsoft control would be a nightmare scenario for me. Noooo!
- jrockway 18y ago
  It might be bad enough to get the government involved again. The government killing flash would be awesome.
  - cousin_it 18y ago
    Awesome? It would kill my project and many others, e.g. YouTube. I hope Adobe opens everything up before any of that happens. "In the long run, the utility of all non-free software is zero."
    - Hexstream 18y ago
      HTML will get native video support in the future so we won't need flash for it anymore. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#video http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#video
      - cousin_it 18y ago
        Flash is good for more than just video. E.g. I think http://samorost2.net http://samorost2.net cannot be reimplemented with existing "open web" technologies. At least I haven't seen any compelling examples.

9 points by ashu 18y ago

lyime 18y ago

I find the timing of the article pretty ironic. Its interesting that you bring that up. I think you could be right that Adobe would be a good acquisition for Microsoft although merely talking about search Adobe doesn't fit will into that strategy. Microsoft is struggling to capitalize in search space and they obviously find it an important piece of the puzzle. At this moment Yahoo was their best fit in order to increase their market share. I am not quite so sure if they can do that with adobe. Although i think a mash-up of Microsoft and Adobe technologies would be cool to see.

mattmaroon 18y ago
Adobe is clearly not going to help Microsoft with search. I'm just not sure that search isn't a bit of a lost cause for them anyway.
- skmurphy 18y ago
  For enterprise search their acquisition of FAST should have a very strong impact. I wouldn't count them out for intranet oriented solutions.

andreyf 18y ago

Partnering with Yahoo would have given them dominant market share in IM and Mail - which means more data to play with to beat Google out of the advertising/search market. Advertising/search brings revenue, unlike Flash or Silverlight. I'm not sure why I'm not seeing it, but could someone expound on what "owning" Flash would even give MS, aside from bragging rights...

cousin_it 18y ago

Flash going under Microsoft control would be a nightmare scenario for me. Noooo!

jrockway 18y ago
It might be bad enough to get the government involved again. The government killing flash would be awesome.
- cousin_it 18y ago
  Awesome? It would kill my project and many others, e.g. YouTube. I hope Adobe opens everything up before any of that happens. "In the long run, the utility of all non-free software is zero."
  - Hexstream 18y ago
    HTML will get native video support in the future so we won't need flash for it anymore. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#video http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#video
    - cousin_it 18y ago
      Flash is good for more than just video. E.g. I think http://samorost2.net http://samorost2.net cannot be reimplemented with existing "open web" technologies. At least I haven't seen any compelling examples.