PhotoShop, and Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Systems, Inc. is now the world’s third largest software publisher
behind Microsoft and Oracle. PostScript
is used in over 270 products from 40 manufacturers and was selected by
the International Standards Organization
(ISO) as the Standard Page Description Language. Between its acquisitions
and growth, Adobe Systems now employs 2000 people worldwide.
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Adobe
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Adobe’s
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Adobe
president released five days after abduction; Erica Schroeder;
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An
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Embattled
Adobe sets PostScript free; Lisa Picarille and Diane Bernard;
PC Week; September 25, 1989; Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.; 1989
IBM
gives Adobe half a loaf in latest font-war skirmish; Jim Seymour;
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Microsoft
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28, 1989; Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.; 1989
Microsoft
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Startup
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3, 1985
Text
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PC Week; July 9, 1985; Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.; 1985
Third
parties poised for repercussions on open-font standard; Diane
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Vendors
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