Latest rumor: Msft to acquire Adobe?

RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
edited October 15, 2010 in The Big Picture
Read all about it:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-07/adobe-shares-surge-on-report-of-microsoft-s-interest-in-merger.html

Just in time for Halloween. :rofl
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  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2010
    Thinking about the feasibility and potential pros and cons of that is making my head hurt.

    Best pro I've come up with? Maybe we will be able to run Photoshop on Ford cars and trucks equipped with the Sync system. What better way to spend your time in traffic than processing your latest images?

    Worst cons (a work in progress, please feel free to add your own):
    • Photoshop popping up confirmation dialogs every time you do anything to an image - "Are you sure you want to add a Levels Adjustment Layer to this image?"
    • the Office paper clip thing in every CS application
    • draconian anti-piracy software authentication system added to Creative Su... oh yeah, it already has that
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited October 8, 2010
    If that happened, I'd probably never buy another Adobe product.

    But the word on the street is that both companies have denied the rumor.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited October 8, 2010
    One of the wags on Slashdot suggested that if it's a merger, the new company will be called Microbe.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited October 8, 2010
    That is too funny.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2010
    ian408 wrote: »
    If that happened, I'd probably never buy another Adobe product.

    We all have our principles, prejudices and betes noir, and far be it from me to try to change anyone's mind (Moi ?!?) But my Mom used to say "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face." :D
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited October 8, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    We all have our principles, prejudices and betes noir, and far be it from me to try to change anyone's mind (Moi ?!?) But my Mom used to say "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face." :D
    Did you see the word "probably" in the sentence lol3.gif
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2010
    ian408 wrote: »
    Did you see the word "probably" in the sentence lol3.gif

    D'you mean, "Adobe, if I didn't think your stuff was the greatest, damn me if I'd ever buy anything from you again FLIPA.gif?" Oh, and please don't tempt me with CS6 and Lightroom 4. I'm already broke.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited October 15, 2010
    No. I meant if it happened, I would probably not buy anything from Adobe. There could be many reasons. Or not.
    Icebear wrote: »
    D'you mean, "Adobe, if I didn't think your stuff was the greatest, damn me if I'd ever buy anything from you again FLIPA.gif?" Oh, and please don't tempt me with CS6 and Lightroom 4. I'm already broke.
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited October 15, 2010
    MS would finally have the vaulted PDF directly under its OS. I am about to get a CS5 suite, but by the time this news is confirmed or denied, I might change my mind.
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