Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform

Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by zubat on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:20PM (#14198146)

Now imagine the world where Microsoft became Adobe's direct competitor and cut their oxygen supply.

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Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by eon1 on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:31PM (#14198753)

I feel like you're implying that would be a bad thing when it could actually be preferable. I don't think MS is faultless or anything, but I'd be surprised if they could make themselves as much of a pain as Adobe does (especially given all the OS integration opportunity).

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Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by goldfire on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:38PM (#14198307)

This is exactly what Microsoft were accused of doing to Lotus 1-2-3 back in the day. See [0]. TL;DR: wasn't true.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10432608

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Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by santaclaus on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:45PM (#14199587)

Didn't they try that with Expression back in the aughts and fail? Doesn't mean it couldn't work now, though!

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Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by at-fates-hands on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:55PM (#14199649)

I actually found out about Expression way after the fact and thought it was a viable alternative - but by then, MS was already in the process of sending it out to pasture.

It's like a co-worker said, "Adobe's software is bloated and cumbersome, but they have a top notch marketing team that keeps it afloat." But yes, if there is a company that is ripe to have some serious competitors it would be Adobe.

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