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We dumped Adobe ages ago...
When Microsoft released Photdraw back in 1999, I told my team to go and uninstall Photoshop from all desktops. My rep at the time was a bit immature and did not understand why I was doing this. Needless to say, he has long since been fired for his lack of passion and vision with regards to MS software. That was when my current rep took over and helped me to architect the takeover of MS software with the motto of "Anytime anyplace everytime everywhere". The notion was simple and yet refined: replace ALL third party software with a Microsoft product, creating a dependency on Microsoft that would be impossible ot reverse. Through many lunches, dinners and breakfasts, we created a strategy that has been 100% executed and implemented. Although the head of marketing complained, I had him fired after I placed "questionable content" on his desktop.
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We dumped Adobe ages ago...  Mike Cox | 08/15/05
7.6  nucrash | 08/15/05
Come on..."questionable content"...8.2  el1jones | 08/15/05
8  archnova79 | 08/15/05
Welcome back Mike.  shallow_diver | 08/15/05
We dumped Adobe ages ago... Mike Cox -- 08/15/05  bobbi2000 | 08/15/05
9.0 - got one  jheine | 08/15/05
"Questionable Content..."  robgroh | 08/15/05
GIMP  sp29 | 08/15/05
Free, powerful, and useless.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Then you didn't really try it,  Patrick Jones | 08/15/05
Tried it, didn't like it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Maybe, or not yet..  Patrick Jones | 08/15/05
I would venture 99.9% have no desire  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Then I would venture....  TtfnJohn | 08/15/05
Yup, that's why the MS suite will do well.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
No arguement there (NT)  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
I've used it  voska | 08/15/05
And photoshop is easier to use?  Patrick Jones | 08/15/05
Didn't mean to give that impression  voska | 08/15/05
Wait for it....  Patrick Jones | 08/15/05
Big *IF* Patrick  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Adobe's interfaces  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Why? Harder to use than Picture It?  skeptic tank | 08/15/05
They're gonna have a real tough time...  Yen_z | 08/15/05
Yup, people said the same about 123, WordPerfect, etc..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Remember Microsoft Draw?  Yen_z | 08/15/05
Obviously you haven't tried the software...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
LOL  Yen_z | 08/15/05
NIce try, but doesn't change your ignorance of the product.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Troll  Fred Fredrickson | 08/16/05
Not a fair comparison  voska | 08/15/05
Sure it is...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
MS has never had an effect  voska | 08/15/05
That's what I was thinking! (NT)  Patrick Jones | 08/15/05
Good business is capitalizing on the competitions mistakes.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
In that case...  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
So it was just  Real World | 08/15/05
A rose by any other name...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
No, we don't  Real World | 08/15/05
Buwahahahaha all the way to the bank.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Better example for you  voska | 08/15/05
Don't bother to reply to Bitty's trolls  Fred Fredrickson | 08/16/05
Ah, you feel the need to make it personal huh?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
Times change  tic swayback | 08/15/05
As part of Office...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
But that's not how they rose to the top  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Naw, people like "bundles"  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Different thing  tic swayback | 08/15/05
tic, the problem is you only see a small part of it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
But it's not relevant  Fred Fredrickson | 08/16/05
I think your way off base.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
All your offbase belong to....  tic swayback | 08/16/05
tic you misunderstand  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
I'd add one thing  tic swayback | 08/16/05
Don't knock it until you try it folks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Why?  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Because...  vandamme | 08/15/05
That ignores the installed base  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Not entirely...  Wolfie2K3 | 08/15/05
Vector and Image graphics. Something Photoshop can't do.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Illustrator does them just fine  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Or one package to do them all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
One package indeed  tic swayback | 08/15/05
That's not new...  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
Good, glad of it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
One word for you...  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
Gee, a little competition and you guys fall apart.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
Being two faced...  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
Your the expert on that one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
I don't know, you tell me, mister  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
MS tools for graphic designers?  theo_durcan | 08/15/05
Yeah, all those FP web sites are imaginary.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Quantity verus quality  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Time will tell...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
They do offer it  tic swayback | 08/15/05
And if MS can do it all in one package...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Adobe can do it in one package too  tic swayback | 08/15/05
Start at the lower end works for AMD.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
And AMD has what, 8% of the market?  tic swayback | 08/16/05
Word started with 0% of the market.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
See my other post, "Times Change"  tic swayback | 08/16/05
Re: Adobe doesn't offer...  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
Ah, but you only see part of it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
MS does have a larger record of failures than successes  tic swayback | 08/16/05
Depends how you measure success.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
I chuckle too...  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
Defining success  tic swayback | 08/16/05
Nowadays everybody is a designer  mactolinux | 08/16/05
Adobe and Microsoft  Signatiusm | 08/15/05
By the way folks, this is the first shoe.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/15/05
Please, say it isn't so..  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
You said it clear and concise  mactolinux | 08/16/05
First sign of the apocalypse  tic swayback | 08/16/05
SHOES NOBODY USES!  theo_durcan | 08/16/05
Nope works in XP  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
XP? big deal...  theo_durcan | 08/16/05
Win98? Big deal..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
Many Adobe alternatives...  Allstar_z | 08/15/05
And here you guys always say competition is good.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
Who's saying Microsoft can't compete?  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
Why does it matter?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
I don't care about the bashers.  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
Hard to argue with success though.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
For Profits  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
The "package" seels.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
Yes, the package sells..  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
Fair competition is great  tic swayback | 08/16/05
MS simply meets demand of consumers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
OEM  Anti_Zealot | 08/16/05
Word..  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
Gee, there is an entire web site devoted to it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/16/05
Come on, No_Ax  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
People don't want packages  tic swayback | 08/16/05
Microsoft has proven you wrong..  Patrick Jones | 08/16/05
alas, the madonna does not function. Aut For Autists & FUNctional Autism  brunoleschi | 07/27/06

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