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Adobe drops niche offerings & those with which Apple competes
It's very simple. Adobe dropped FrameMaker Mac
because FrameMaker is used for technical
documentation; not a stronghold for the Mac

Adobe dropped Premiere Mac because Apple has
strong video editing solutions

Adobe didn't do a Photoshop Album for Mac because
Apple has iPhoto. No DVD authoring because Apple
has iDVD and DVD Studio.

Etc.

So, Adobe hasn't shunned the Mac. They, like any
product company, are simply looking at markets where
they can win, lose, or is futile to play at all.

Signed - Steve H
(formerly a product manager with Adobe)
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Software 1st, hardware 2nd...  kd5auq | 03/23/04
Interesting.  Yen_z | 03/23/04
re  jimk_z | 03/23/04
Mac should be a Linux version  agramont@... | 03/23/04
Already had UNIX backend  el1jones | 03/23/04
You really are clueless (NT)  rkadowns | 03/23/04
Mac IS BSD Unix based  darknite_z | 03/23/04
rumours  paul@... | 03/23/04
You are clueless too.  rkadowns | 03/23/04
Mac CAN be a Linux version  Tim Carpenter | 03/25/04
RE: Mac should be a Linux version  cammobus@... | 03/25/04
Acrobat Reader isn't an issue  Traveler0001 | 03/26/04
MAC OS-X is FreeBSD 5  Traveler0001 | 03/26/04
ZDNet Finds Contention Where None Exists  michaelgrey_z | 03/23/04
OH.. and.. They still sell Framemaker ?!  el1jones | 03/23/04
Hey, how'd my post get over here?(NT)  el1jones | 03/23/04
Jobs must be fumming...  ryusen | 03/23/04
I haven't seen  skeptic tank | 03/23/04
Adobe makes the worlds best software...period.  FlipDog | 03/23/04
Does anybody use FRAMEMAKER!?!  Laff | 03/23/04
Does anybody use FrameMaker?  robjam | 03/23/04
For many large companies yes...  jimk_z | 03/23/04
Does anybody use FRAMEMAKER? YES!  noroade | 03/23/04
So the overall message I am getting...  Laff | 03/24/04
InDesign replaced this years ago  tic swayback | 03/23/04
Indesign replaced Pagemaker not Framemaker  jimk_z | 03/23/04
Apple should just buy Adobe  casbo | 03/23/04
Adobe being disengenuous  jackz@... | 03/23/04
Not updated because it was obsolete  tic swayback | 03/23/04
How about this then...  Fred Fredrickson | 03/23/04
Vaporware  tic swayback | 03/23/04
You're almost certainly confusing FrameMaker with PageMaker  Atlant | 03/24/04
Upgrade to 7.0?  BThomp | 03/24/04
Indesign CS is so much better (NT)  George Jay | 03/23/04
ZDNet must be hard up for Apple-bashing news...  MacCanuck | 03/23/04
The way it works  spinit | 03/23/04
There are better options  Burt Pittman | 03/23/04
This isn't even news on Mac sites (NT)  rkadowns | 03/23/04
Never, Adobe never would do so to Mac  FilledOut | 03/23/04
Answer is simple  Traveler2 | 03/24/04
64 bit chips - DUH  cammobus@... | 03/25/04
Framemaker is not a brochure design application  mdfischer | 03/24/04
Yet another weak excuse from Adobe  zadny | 03/24/04
BSD  BThomp | 03/24/04
I use FrameMaker on the Mac  BThomp | 03/24/04
Adobe drops niche offerings & those with which Apple competes  steve@... | 03/25/04

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