Chizen (Adobe CEO) was at San Jose State University in front of the engineering school, and discussed the challenges of the competitive software market.
…Chizen was straightforward in his assessment of Microsoft as a bullying tech power – a perspective that’s not surprising given Redmond’s latest moves challenging Adobe’s strongholds in PDF, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash/Flex. But when I asked about Google, and the prospect that its software-as-a-service strategy could also pose a threat to Adobe, Chizen turned lighthearted.
That’s when he described Google as sort of a shield. When Microsoft’s firing missiles at Adobe, Chizen said, it’s nice to see Google announce another new service that targets Microsoft’s stranglehold on productivity software. Chizen feels like that takes a little heat off of Adobe by forcing Microsoft to watch its back. I bet a lot of Silicon Valley companies feel that way.
I’m not surprised that Google is liked. So far they have been the only company to give a black eye to Microsoft. Even the United States Government hasn’t even made Microsoft struggle as much as Google has made them. One of the reasons that there are so many rumors out there is because most people believe it’s the only step that Microsoft can do to even compete. And even that won’t work.
In the last month we have seen Microsoft lose a bidding battle against Google for an Advertising Firm. They also lost a lot of face in suppling small business services that Google just jumped in and trumped Microsofts weak selection. Also its no surprise that Microsoft hasn’t been able to make a dent in Search Traffic.
Tags: Adobe, Finance, Financial, Google, Interesting, Irony, Microsoft
