Comments on: Could Apple enter the cloud computing market? Could Adobe help? http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/could-apple-enter-the-cloud-computing-market-could-adobe-help/ People Deserve Better Software Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: anthonyfranco http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/could-apple-enter-the-cloud-computing-market-could-adobe-help/#comment-4609 anthonyfranco Wed, 27 May 2009 10:40:05 +0000 http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-4609 Dave, A bit jaded? Clearly if you read my entire blog you'll know it is not all about increasing my search engine rankings. I simply wanted to throw out the idea that cloud computing would be an interesting option for Apple, and that without a good client platform, a cloud computing strategy is incomplete. Dave,

A bit jaded? Clearly if you read my entire blog you’ll know it is not all about increasing my search engine rankings. I simply wanted to throw out the idea that cloud computing would be an interesting option for Apple, and that without a good client platform, a cloud computing strategy is incomplete.

]]> By: dave http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/could-apple-enter-the-cloud-computing-market-could-adobe-help/#comment-4608 dave Wed, 27 May 2009 08:06:27 +0000 http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-4608 Clearly, the article title is solely to gain search-engine hits, by having "Apple" "Adobe" and "cloud computing" as part of it. Of course, the idea of wasting billions of dollars to buy Adobe to get access to Flash would be incredibly stupid. Particularly since it has NOTHING to do with cloud computing. Just like everything else Adobe does. And given how a) Adobe has done such a crappy job with the Flash plugin on MacOS X and Apple's complete indifference to it, and b) Apple's rejection of having any part of Flash on the iPhone/iPod Touch, I would not want to be the individual going into a meeting with Steve Jobs tasked with explaining to him how basing the software for a new SaaS enterprise division on Flash would be a good thing. Maybe buying Adobe to give CreativeSuite a decent UI while killing the Windows version would help Apple, but somehow the Commerce department might find it anti-competitive... Clearly, the article title is solely to gain search-engine hits, by having “Apple” “Adobe” and “cloud computing” as part of it.

Of course, the idea of wasting billions of dollars to buy Adobe to get access to Flash would be incredibly stupid. Particularly since it has NOTHING to do with cloud computing. Just like everything else Adobe does.

And given how a) Adobe has done such a crappy job with the Flash plugin on MacOS X and Apple’s complete indifference to it, and b) Apple’s rejection of having any part of Flash on the iPhone/iPod Touch, I would not want to be the individual going into a meeting with Steve Jobs tasked with explaining to him how basing the software for a new SaaS enterprise division on Flash would be a good thing.

Maybe buying Adobe to give CreativeSuite a decent UI while killing the Windows version would help Apple, but somehow the Commerce department might find it anti-competitive…

]]> By: Theo Denovan http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/could-apple-enter-the-cloud-computing-market-could-adobe-help/#comment-4606 Theo Denovan Mon, 25 May 2009 14:42:47 +0000 http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-4606 That's a pretty big investment on Apple's behalf in a company whose core competencies don't necessarily correspond with Apple's own. Flash and a couple of other adobe products would integrate extremely well with Apple's business, but the vast majority of their products seem a bit incongruous. Still, we can hope :) That’s a pretty big investment on Apple’s behalf in a company whose core competencies don’t necessarily correspond with Apple’s own. Flash and a couple of other adobe products would integrate extremely well with Apple’s business, but the vast majority of their products seem a bit incongruous.

Still, we can hope :)

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