Adobe Forming a Linux Strategy?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 3, 2004 @03:18AM from the bet-hedging dept.

rocketjam writes "According to cnet, Adobe Systems, the 800-pound gorilla of commercial graphics software is looking to become more involved with desktop Linux. The company has recently posted two new jobs, one for a director of Linux market development to 'identify and evaluate strategies for Adobe in the Linux and open-source desktop market', and one for a senior computer scientist who will 'become maintainer and/or architect for one or more Adobe-sponsored open-source projects.' Additionally, Adobe has joined the Open Source Development Labs and is active in the desktop Linux working group. A company spokesman said they are not currently looking to port any of their flagship products such as Photoshop to Linux yet, as they currently don't see sufficient numbers in the platform to make a good business case for it."

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m$ by torrents · 2004-11-03 03:20 · Score: 0, Redundant

m$ is gonna love this...

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Re:Don't get excited! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-03 03:28 · Score: 0, Redundant

There already is Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux.
Why so? Re:m$ by gmac63 · 2004-11-03 03:32 · Score: 0, Redundant

How is MS going to love this? I don't understand. What effect really does this have on anything Microsoft? I would be more affraid if I were Steve Jobs.

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