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Adobe Considers Withdrawing from Asian Markets

Posted by chrisd on from the chinese-language-gimp-coming-soon dept.

Max Groff writes "This brief ZDNet article (printer-friendly version) describes how Adobe is considering leaving its Asian markets due to the apparently high levels of piracy across the Pacific. This change would not only cut off the marketing of Adobe products to Asian markets, but also halt the development of much of the company's Asian-language software."

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  1. Re:Go for it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Asia can be a BIG market"

    Asia *is* a big market, but piracy apparently makes it much smaller. They're leaving because the real market (the one that buys their products, from them) is too small. Any other company coming in will have exactly the same market Adobe has, and they will face the same problem.