> I'd expect Adobe to take 12 to 16 or more financial quarters of profits on > CF before making any big changes though...
I don't believe Adobe has made a profit on CF for quite a while. Unless I've missed my guess, CF10 is a Hail Mary Pass investment by Adobe to see if it can gain relevance with its very best efforts. They'd really much rather stop having its healthy divisions subsidize CF's further development. They also have trend charts showing who develops on what, and impartial third-party analysts that tell them why. Adobe doesn't publicize a breakdown of which products rake in the most revenue, or post profits by division. By hiding this data, investors see a big portfolio of diverse products that look great on the skin packaging, which in turn inflates their perception of value in the company's stock. If shareholders saw the details then they would demand some serious surgery. Maybe over the past six years since I made my original statement, people have come to understand a bit more of the true motivations of large corporations, especially since those motivations are codified into federal laws that prevent these publicly-traded companies from doing anything that is not in the *sole* interest of the shareholder. This is what I tried to communicate six years ago with the intimation that Adobe was only interested in increasing its stock price, and that that would come at the expense of everyone else -- this list's participants included. In trying to illuminate something I thought others were blinded from seeing by their love for the product, I ended up hurting a lot of feelings and making many people very angry. I hope this time it comes across in a kinder, gentler form that people will find more agreeable. It also helps that many are seeing the writing on the walls. Adam PS-- Cameron, were you at the Hadoop meeting last night? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
