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Article #3525Re: Why No Adobe Host-Base Interpreters?
From: Bruce Barnett
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 21:10
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 21:10
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In article <1990Oct24.170502.22224@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: > I don't think software sales produce more than a tiny fraction of Adobe's > income; indeed, one can debate whether the software's role is to make > money directly or merely to encourage use of PostScript. The big bucks > are in all those "genuine Adobe" imbedded interpreters. Perhaps. I wonder how much profit can Adobe make on a $2000 printer vs. a $300 software package? If Adobe puts a copy of ATM on every desktop, with optional fonts, how much potential profit is there? -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Why No Adobe Host-Base Interpreters? Message-ID: <BARNETT.90Nov1161021@grymoire.crd.ge.com> Date: 1 Nov 90 21:10:21 GMT References: <34733@cup.portal.com> <1990Oct11.173733.14781@zoo.toronto.edu> <14508@vdsvax.crd.ge.com> <1990Oct24.170502.22224@zoo.toronto.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 19 In-reply-to: henry@zoo.toronto.edu's message of 24 Oct 90 17:05:02 GMT