Thanks for the corrections, Phil. I really wasn't trying to be misleading, I knew the events, and while I did some research to verify dates, I missed a few details.
re: 1. You're correct about the details, but the event that I was referring to was Microsoft and Apple ending legal hostilities in '97 and signing the 5 year office/Internet Explorer/$150 million armstice. My point was that Apple had been on the ropes, and that Microsoft's money helped get back into the ring. My point was also, that had it not been for Adobe and a core contingent of dedicated artists/designers that made a living off of Adobe's software running on Apple. Apple would have been dead in the 90's.
2. You're correct on the release dates of Final Cut and Premiere Pro. The Adobe release that I was thinking about was the transition between Premiere 5.1 to 6.0. Final Cut did indeed compete with Avid. Adobe until then had ruled the pro-sumer video editing market at the time. Apple's decision to compete in that market essentially knocked them both out of that market.
3. I didn't mean to suggest that Apple floundered the entire time Jobs left. Those events were in succession, but not immediate. Apple was getting beat up pretty bad in the 90's, and had it not been for Adobe's products running on their hardware, I dare say Apple wouldn't be here today.
4. You're right, it was four years, not three.
Regardless. My point wasn't that Adobe made a bet against Apple. Adobe did have software running on Apple hardware most of that time.
I still think my main point still stands, however. That is, that Apple has a history of screwing developers, especially Adobe on their platform. Caveat Emptor.
re: 1. You're correct about the details, but the event that I was referring to was Microsoft and Apple ending legal hostilities in '97 and signing the 5 year office/Internet Explorer/$150 million armstice. My point was that Apple had been on the ropes, and that Microsoft's money helped get back into the ring. My point was also, that had it not been for Adobe and a core contingent of dedicated artists/designers that made a living off of Adobe's software running on Apple. Apple would have been dead in the 90's.
2. You're correct on the release dates of Final Cut and Premiere Pro. The Adobe release that I was thinking about was the transition between Premiere 5.1 to 6.0. Final Cut did indeed compete with Avid. Adobe until then had ruled the pro-sumer video editing market at the time. Apple's decision to compete in that market essentially knocked them both out of that market.
3. I didn't mean to suggest that Apple floundered the entire time Jobs left. Those events were in succession, but not immediate. Apple was getting beat up pretty bad in the 90's, and had it not been for Adobe's products running on their hardware, I dare say Apple wouldn't be here today.
4. You're right, it was four years, not three.
Regardless. My point wasn't that Adobe made a bet against Apple. Adobe did have software running on Apple hardware most of that time.
I still think my main point still stands, however. That is, that Apple has a history of screwing developers, especially Adobe on their platform. Caveat Emptor.