The reason M$ would by Adobe has almost nothing to do with Apple. Adobe is more than Photoshop.
If M$ wanted Adobe it would be for one thing 'PostScript'. The ENTIRE printing industry is run on Postscript. If M$ bought Adobe it would virtualy own the entire Industry, they could make Postscript run better on NT machines, they could fill it with loads of .NET stuff to make ports (to OSX, Unix or linx) have 'missing features' (if jobs started regulally misbehaving on Mac's and ran perfectly on PC's the Industry would quickly switch).
Pulling Apples core market from underneath them would just be a bonus.
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If M$ wanted Adobe it would be for one thing 'PostScript'. The ENTIRE printing industry is run on Postscript. If M$ bought Adobe it would virtualy own the entire Industry, they could make Postscript run better on NT machines, they could fill it with loads of .NET stuff to make ports (to OSX, Unix or linx) have 'missing features' (if jobs started regulally misbehaving on Mac's and ran perfectly on PC's the Industry would quickly switch).
Pulling Apples core market from underneath them would just be a bonus.
[ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: Mediaman ]</p>