Cringely: Buying Adobe—The Payoff for Apple
May 4th, 2008 at 3:00 PM - News by John Martellaro
Apple would have a lot to gain by buying Adobe, according to Robert X. Cringely on Friday. However, first Apple must get its monopoly-factor ducks in a row by unloading its pro apps: Aperture, Final Cut Pro, Logic and Shake.
The argument goes like this: Appleis professional apps has done well, made money and established Apple and Macs in Hollywood production, but there are bigger fish to fry. "...Steve Jobs tends not to think quarter-to-quarter so much as decade-to-decade," Mr. Cringely wrote. "This is a guy with a LONG horizon, which is why he appears, frankly, to be the only one of his peers with either a plan or a clue. As Jobs did with the iPod and iTunes and now with the iPhone, he is setting the standard and most Apple competitors are mainly waiting and reacting, which is hardly a way to lead anything."
Mr. Cringely claimed that clues have been accumulating for months. Appleis resistance to Blu-ray is an effort to slow the technology and pave the way for Internet downloads. Meanwhile, according to the author, Apple was quietly, very quietly, shopping its pro apps an NAB in order to avoid anti-trust issues prior to a potential acquisition. What Apple would be gaining is much more important.
"Appleis goal in acquiring Adobe would be to control first Flash and second Adobeis emerging Air application platform. Adobe announced this week a broad industry initiative to extend Flash to mobile devices, but Apple wasnit a participant. Why bother if you intend to shortly own Flash outright?" Mr. Cringely asked.
More to the point would be giving up some professional apps, acquiring Adobeis, and geting control of key Internet technologies. "Theyid be giving up a sports car in Final Cut Pro, but end up effectively owning the road instead," Mr. Cringely concluded.
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