Adobe to Apple: "We've moved on," Sucka
Adobe to Apple: "We've moved on," Sucka
Posted 08/17/2010 at 5:10am
| by Paul Lilly
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If Adobe is the least bit worried about Apple's refusal to incorporate Flash support into its product line, the company is holding steady a pretty convincing poker face. Check out what Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen recently said about the whole ordeal.
"Apple made some statements about the suitability of our technology for mobile devices," Narayen starts off. "I think we’ve proven that the technology is not only suitable but it actually significantly enhances the value on these mobile devices. They’ve chosen to keep their system closed and we’d rather work with partners who are interested in working with us. We believe in open systems. We believe in the power of the Internet and in customers making choices and I think a lot of the controversy was about their decision at that point. They’ve made their choice. We’ve made ours and we’ve moved on. It’s a business decision. With the energy and innovation that our company has, we’d rather focus on people who want to deliver the best experience with Flash and there are so many of them."
Bolded text is our emphasis, not Narayan's, but it might as well have been his. Call us naive, but Adobe actually sounds believable in its stance this time around, which hasn't always been the case since this feud began.
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whitneymr
August 19, 2010 at 10:45am
I think Adobe should tie Flash into the whole Creative Suite line so that Apple users lose Photoshop, etc.
I'd love to see the sh*t hit the fan on that one. ;-)
lhted
September 02, 2010 at 7:26pm
I agree. I've been thinking about that since Jobs' initial open hate-mail to the world about Adobe. Somehow, every crappy review which compares an Apple machine to a PC, they always say something like "Apple has Photoshop" but leave out that PCs run the same software.
Adobe should say, "Ok, you want to bite the hand that feeds you. We respect your decision. By the way, we're not sure when we will be able to get our Creative Suite for Apple on the shelves. Also, we no longer support the Apple Creative Suite versions older than the current one, which we don't know when we will be able put on the market."
Zachary K.
August 18, 2010 at 6:10pm
would i be illegal, or risk a lawsuit if they started developing for the jailbroken market? help comex out with frash?
Caboose
August 18, 2010 at 8:29pm
What is frash?
Who is they?
Would you be illegal or risk a lawsuit if someone started developing for jailbroken market? What?!
News flash! There are plenty of apps already developed for rooted and jailbroken phones!
Blackmist
August 17, 2010 at 8:39am
I really enjoyed this feud. Next I want to see Apple feuding with HP.
michaelh
August 17, 2010 at 7:54am
Support of the community has long been the retort for companies whenever a matter of consumer choice is involved.
Frankly, Adobe would be better off streamlining their platforms and making more attempts to innovate instead of merely proclaiming that they actually do. The cost to incremental nudges forward is a staggering ratio. If they actually cared about the consumer at all, they'd offer more value for the money and better, more cost-effective upgrade options for longtime supporters. Instead they seem to spend most of their effort marketing themselves - time better spend patching security holes and cutting down the bloat.
Odd. Without the name, "Adobe," in there I could almost be talking about Apple.
Caboose
August 17, 2010 at 6:22am
Them's fightin' words! I can't wait to hear/read what Steve 'The Almighty' Jobs has to say about this...
BTW, anyone see The Simpsons episode where they go in to the Mapple store, and Bart rips on all the Mapple followers? I think if you hit up YouTube and search for "The Simpsons Mapple" you should be able to find it. Good clip!
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