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Against Apple, Ballmer Floats Microsoft Merger With Adobe
Ebbesen writes "Ballmer had a meeting with the CEO of Adobe, and among other things: 'The meeting, which lasted over an hour, covered a number of topics, but one of the main thrusts of the discussion was Apple and its control of the mobile phone market and how the two companies could partner in the battle against Apple. A possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft were among the options.' Apparently MS has courted Adobe previously, but feared anti-trust regulations. With Google and Apple gaining, Microdobe might be possible."
Microsoft and Adobe merging is an option that would increase efficiency. That way I can direct my hatred in one direction with less distraction from various evil companies.
Doubtless Microsoft-Adobe's first product line, to be followed by Shit-In-A-Dish 2.0 (they'll start the version there to underline just how unique this new collaborative technology is).
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Well, you see, your problem there is you're drinking bleeeechhhh. That would make anyone vomit.
Cheers,
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Adobe bought Macromedia back in distant times, so if Microsoft buy Adobe, won't that make them Micromacrobe?
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... that has to get Ballmer's sweat stains out of the furniture in that meeting room!
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Microdobe might be possible
I think they meant Microbe (pronounced my-CROW-bee). If you had some of that in your coffee that'll make you puke like a pro.
Imagine the power of Microsoft's experience in insecure bloat, and Adobes undisputed skill in...owning Flash, we can look forward to bloated, insecure flash.
Wait, what?
This is horrifiyng news. What would happen to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign?
They would all get 'ribbons' and Clippy.
Microsoft and Adobe are now going to be Microbe, I always suspected they virus'
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I just vomited in my coffee.
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You signature just made me snort iced tea up my nose as I laughed.
It looks like you're trying to edit that spring break photo with that guy you thought was a chick.
Would you like help?
Someday we'll hit the human carrying capacity. And the band will just play on.
Flash for Linux and OS X will be replaced with twenty megabytes worth of infinite loops. Linux and Mac magazines will remark how the new Flash is more stable while offering the same level of performance as before.
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All that's missing is "YOU'VE GOT MAIL!"
Wait a minute...I think I just came up with a good idea for a Facebook application.
Facebook is the new AOL
As if millions of geeks suddenly cried out in pain.
This is not the sig you're looking for.
No, it's Flashlight.
Yeah, but MS Paint doesn't quite -yet- match Photoshop. ;-)
No, it's Fleshlight.
Fixed that for you.
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Sorry, what?
Microbee? Didn't you die in the '80s?
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Maybe Time Warner can purchase Facebook next for a horribly inflated price.
As 3\/1l as this may seem, this might even be a good thing from a security point of view. The MS-guys have made huge steps the last decade in improving their security processes. We all get a monthly mea culpa and a bunch of fixes. This can only but improve the track record of Adobe.
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That's fine - after all, Linux does infinite loops in 5 seconds anyway.
Yeah, and they can get rid of that stupid cross-platform support too!
Are you kidding? On the contrary, Microsoft wants Windows everywhere, so Ballmer must realize the only way to do this now is to run Windows inside Flash!
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