Who syas they didn't have to sell? They might have run out of money. Free software doesn't tend to generate huge profits.
John On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:36:30 +0100, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, we still don't know the details of the transaction. Since Pixmantic > is, iirc, a privately held company, they didn't have to sell. It seems, > at > least in my simple way of looking at things, they were a willing > participant, and, as such, may have even initiated the deal (just a > possibility to consider until we know for sure). Could Adobe have forced > Pixmantic to sell to them? > > If the owners of a company want to sell, what better choice is there than > to go to a company with the resources to give them what they want. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Bob Shell > >> Adobe's done this before. They bought Live Picture, a great photo >> retouching application with some very advanced features, and >> discontinued it just to get rid of the competition. >> >> Bob >> >> On Jun 26, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >> > That was my immediate reaction as well, but we don't know all the >> > details and the circumstances. Maybe the Pixmantic people were >> > looking to sell, maybe they even approached Adobe. I agree that >> > competition is healthy, perhaps even going one step further to >> > suggest that it's important for the creation of new ideas and >> concepts. > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
