Adobe didn't have any choice about FreeHand, since Aldus didn't own it and the company that did (Altsys, note spelling) had a no-compete clause. As I recall, though, Adobe forced Aldus to revalue the deal after they learned they weren't going to get FreeHand as part of it, so presumably they originally intended to sell FreeHand alongside Illustrator, at least for a while.
Had the no-compete clause not been in effect, Adobe would proably still have had to divest FreeHand, since the FTC got involved -- see http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1995/12/aba.htm. This page actually implies that it was the FTC ruling rather than Altsys's contract that forced the issue, but I'm pretty sure that Altsys was already in the process of suing Aldus at the time.
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Adobe didn't have any choice about FreeHand, since Aldus didn't own it and the company that did (Altsys, note spelling) had a no-compete clause. As I recall, though, Adobe forced Aldus to revalue the deal after they learned they weren't going to get FreeHand as part of it, so presumably they originally intended to sell FreeHand alongside Illustrator, at least for a while.
Had the no-compete clause not been in effect, Adobe would proably still have had to divest FreeHand, since the FTC got involved -- see http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1995/12/aba.htm. This page actually implies that it was the FTC ruling rather than Altsys's contract that forced the issue, but I'm pretty sure that Altsys was already in the process of suing Aldus at the time.
-- Curtis