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> Same thing happened with Architecture software eg when Autocad bought Revit - end result is extortionately priced software that many architects cannot afford

by RunSet 4y ago

> Same thing happened with Architecture software eg when Autocad bought Revit - end result is extortionately priced software that many architects cannot afford I only hope Macromedia's story doesn't repeat itself: Adobe buying the superior offering just to take it off the market.

pier25 4y ago
You mean Freehand, right?
toxican 4y ago
I don't know what specific piece of software you're referring to, but I think of Fireworks. It was never a 1:1 replacement for Photoshop, but for my uses (as a web developer, during the era of slicing up designs) it was leaps and bound better.