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2 comments:
I like the title: "Tipping the Microsoft Cash Cow.." There's this observation in the piece:
"It's not a technical question, it's a cultural question"
I'm no software expert, but this issue of cultural change interests me. You've observed that the model is moving towards software as a service. From this article it seems that Adobe is using MS economic model. It seems to me the battle in the platform war isn't so much AIR vs Office as it is over the way to sell them. Adobe plans to fight MS following the logic of previous battles. When either company begins SaS the battle will genuinely be engaged.
Agreed. I hadn't thought of that explicitly, but do Adobe have much to gain by trying to create a desktop suite and sell it against Office?
Of course, right now, the proprietory model *is* still very much in their blood.
Perhaps this is defensive. After all Microsoft's new SilverLight is a direct challenge to Flash.
I wonder if they'll port Photoshop to Flex?
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