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A mass migration to Microsoft products isn't happening anytime soon after their initial release. Knocking Adobe Photoshop and (now) Flash isn't going to occur unless the products are robust. The GIMP program is proof enough of that-it's completely free, and is a wanna-be photoshop/illustrator application, but people are still buying Adobe products.

Microsoft does NOT win every market they get into, but if there is money in it, they will try very hard.
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Microsoft to Embrace and Extend  Rick_K | 03/27/06
Depends...  #_z | 03/27/06
Hopefully Google and others will help Adobe here to keep MS from screwing  DonnieBoy | 03/27/06
What, you thought MS would write Linux tools?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
So you understand that MS will use this tool to create lock-in  DonnieBoy | 03/27/06
Naw, there simply is no Linux market...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
And, Microsoft wants to keep it that way. Microsoft HATES cross platoform  DonnieBoy | 03/27/06
Microsoft's Adobe rivals due after Vista  Loverock Davidson | 03/27/06
Adobe should sue or GPL its code  Linux Geek | 03/27/06
WHat would they sue for?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
product dumping  Linux Geek | 03/27/06
Ummm, show me what your ranting about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
M$ will sell it at a loss  Linux Geek | 03/27/06
And please cite the statue that  Real World | 03/28/06
GPL the code??? And then sell what???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
software services  Linux Geek | 03/27/06
Buwahahahaha, GOOD thing you don't run a company.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
Adobe will reduce the expenses  Linux Geek | 03/27/06
the point of a company is to make money  moonchacha | 03/27/06
re: GPL the code??? And then sell what???  barsteward | 03/27/06
if Adobe need a signal to go with linux  toxicfreak | 03/27/06
Why? There is no market.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
Adobe seems to think otherwise  j.m.galvin | 03/27/06
Severs maybe, but who does graphics on a server?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
Who does graphics on a server?  j.m.galvin | 03/27/06
well you see ax  toxicfreak | 03/27/06
Not gonna happen...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
And they'll force you to use it and you'll like it  Boot_Agnostic | 03/27/06
Yes competition is important  RicD_ | 03/27/06
I think you should look at Adobe...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
What are these mysterious proprietary file formats?  j.m.galvin | 03/27/06
PSD  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
You've gone NUTS  j.m.galvin | 03/27/06
it's "DOS isn't done till lotus won't run"  moonchacha | 03/27/06
More bundling with windows.  DemonX | 03/27/06
It is NOT part of Windows.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/27/06
You just keep thinking that, Mr. Key.  999ad@... | 03/27/06

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