We interrupt our ongoing sequence of Microsoft reorg posts to speculate on one heck of the speculative post by pundit Robert Cringely.Cringely thinks an Apple-Adobe merger makes sense on a number of fronts. If it ever before did appear to pass,
Windows 7 Code/, it might make for interesting aggressive times vis-a-vis the pair;s partnership with Microsoft.Apple, with its growing share of the retail Computer marketplace and its monopolization of the digital-music player one, competes with Microsoft on several retail fronts (Vista, Zune, IPTV,
Office Pro 2010 Key, productivity apps). Adobe,
Office 2010 Home And Stude/nt Key, with its designer resources, RIA (Wealthy World wide web Architecture) goods, document-management wares, etc.,
Office 2007 Activation Key, competes with Microsoft about the Windows/Office/Silverlight fronts.Microsoft may be developing up its stable of products aimed at Adobe. Lately, I heard speak about a Microsoft-incubated item beneath improvement, recognized as SmartFlow. SmartFlow is meant to get a head-to-head competitor with PhotoShop LightRoom post-production software program for expert photographers. If and when Microsoft decides to turn SmartFlow right into a industrial item, it'll be just 1 far more part in its growing family members of Windows-specific equipment, interfaces and solutions targeted at amateur and expert photographers.Meanwhile, there;s been continued speculation Microsoft will probably attempt to supply a lot more Apple iLife-like apps for Vista (Microsoft “Monaco,
Microsoft Office 2010 Pro,” anyone?) And “Fiji” (which I now hear Microsoft is calling Media Center + 1) has long been described as “Media Center + fixes + some (Apple) iLife-compete work.”Even if Apple doesn;t end up buying Adobe — which is my crystal-ball prediction — Microsoft is on an increasing collision course with both of these companies as the Redmondians attempt to flip up the volume on their own consumer-focused items.