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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
