Adobe Employees to Get Free Android Phones

HAHAHA just so they can sh!t on Apple!

I love it, Apple well deserves this!

Somehow I doubt Apple really cares.

Sure makes me wish I worked for Adobe though.

Adobe should stop supporting Photoshop and other professional tools for the Mac. Watch the "artsy" crowd cry due to the fact that Macs aren't open industry standards.

I don't really think Apple cares about Adobe employees receiving a free product that Apple doesn't carry or support.

That would be a nice retaliation. But I believe 40% of their CS Suite sells are from Apple users. That would be a dumb move actually, they would lose money.

I'm wondering if the Apple employees have the same or similar benefit buying Iphones...

Thats the best Adobe can do?

How about doing something that actually effects the company in a negative way.

Adobe has already stated that they will not use their customers (in a negative way) to battle other companies, unlike some other company starting with A...

Support Flash, or we shall taunt you a second time!

Like mentioned in another Apple-related topic, stop supporting PS on Mac means a lose of 40% of the customers base, and IMHO, I think it's not a smart move for anybody.

Let the iWhatevers drown without Flash, Adobe has more to do than this.

To the employees? Why not to the customers?

my money goes that the free phones will be handed to incompetent middle management

here's hoping I'm wrong =S

This is part of their pre-severance packages.

Good thing Android is actually running Flash... oh wait.

'Drown without Flash'?

I think the situation is more like 'Let Adobe drown with flash'.

Even MS is moving forward.

Great PR move by Adobe imo. And to the folks who say Apple doesn't care, I think you're at least partially wrong. I don't even know how large of a company Adobe is but my guess is 500+, that's a lot of money Apple could've made on their app store and iTunes and etc, never mind the cost of the hardware itself.

Also I agree with the comment above that Adobe can't just dump CS products from Apple. That would hurt them pretty badly though not as badly as it would hurt Apple. I think a move like that would turn into an all out war which really neither company wants to do despite the stuff in the news.

I work for adobe, hope this includes adobe canada!!

For everyone saying that Adobe would lose customers if they stopeed releasing for the Mac, I have one question: What other Mac software would people use to replace Photoshop?

I believe that if there was a viable replacement, people would already be using it en-masse. The fact that Photoshop is the dominant image manipulation software leads me to believe there aren't too many viable replacements. I have a feeling people would use the PC version if they had to, rather than abandon the software.

Just hang out at all the German bars near Adobe offices for great pickings.

On the headlines yesterday:

"HTC Incredible Sells Out on Verizon in Two Hours"

This is just one example that the people is starting to adopt other smartphones than iPhone. Android is making his way to be a real competitor to the iPhone and the Flash support will be a plus.

Who knows that might force those Artsy folks to move over to a PC to do their jobs. Which would mean even less market share for Apple ...

If their job depends on the CS suite stuff, they'd switch platforms (to Windows) with out a second though.

Not making its way. It is a real competitor to the iPhone.

Please enough of this BS about about Microsoft moving on and about Flash being Obsolete. It isnt yet. Its the dominant format for video and until otherwise I need Flash for my phone and PC. Besides who really cares about what Microsoft says anyways. These are the guys openly saying they are betting the company of the Cloud for god sakes. They have no cred. Neither does Apple (Hypocrites).

Adobe on Chrome OS?...

The reason why arts folk uses mac are that back in the CISC vs RISC days, Macs are better for graphics. And then the CISC took over because it's evolving at a faster pace, so hence Apple dropped the RISC. But 25 years of graphic superiority reputation isn't going away even if they have lost that advantage for the better part of this decade.

If Adobe drops Apple support, people will have to switch. Good luck using iPhoto at the professional level.

Scrap their Mac development and reallocate the resources to porting it over to Linux? =D

google will buy adobe(for alot of money)

just a minor pr stunt. nothing more.

Sounds like a childish exchange between Adobe and Apple to be honest. Both parties could use a bit of time to reflect on their actions.

This is not about Apple, it's about supporting your employees and show that you stand by them. The company is saying: Apple might not care for flash, but we do and we'll give you a product that is as good / better than the Iphone that supports our product.