Adobe Considers Withdrawing from Asian Markets
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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You're absolutely right. Clearly, packaging and distribution was dominating Adobe's costs for the product. They should have switched to cheaper cardboard and offbrand CDs so Photoshop would only have cost $20.
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Everyone is burning mod points over at this thread. Read it, it's interesting!
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It appears the moderators don't think so. 2 hours' community service getting my karma back up to where it was!
I suppose this'd better be anonymous. Do you think they'll come round my house at night seeking karma?