Flex & LiveCycle 08 Jan 2007 07:07 pm
Red vs. Blue
Looking back to 2006, it’s hard to miss the drama between Microsoft and Google. From the business analyst point of view, the two make unlikely competitors. Considering the fact that Google’s core business is online marketing, and Microsoft’s core strength is platform building, the level of friction between the two border lines stupidity.
If I was Ray Ozzie, I would be more concerned with Adobe. Why? Because Microsoft’s corporate color is blue, and Adobe is red. Red and blue make natural enemies… But seriously, Adobe has made some fundamental changes in the past few years. The company is no longer limited to building creative tools. With PDF and Flash, Adobe is becoming a formidable opponent when it comes to building platforms. If you look at the technology lineups from both companies, the similarities are striking. Here is what I mean,
- XAML (Microsoft) vs. MXML (Adobe)
- WPF (Microsoft) vs. Apollo (Adobe)
- WPF/E (Microsoft) vs. Flash Player (Adobe)
- Visual Studio (Microsoft) vs. Flex Builder (Adobe)
- Expression Studio (Microsoft) vs. Flash (Adobe)
- WCF (Microsoft) vs. Flex Data Services (Adobe)
- XPS (Microsoft) vs. PDF/Mars (Adobe)
- Infopath (Microsoft) vs. Livecycle Designer (Adobe)
- Biztalk (Microsoft) vs. Livecycle Workflow (Adobe)
The list is getting long, but I hope you can see my point: 2007 is going to be an interesting year.
on 08 Jan 2007 at 11:36 pm 1.Ryan Stewart said …
Very cool breakdown Zee!
on 09 Jan 2007 at 6:07 am 2.Florian Krüsch said …
Apple vs. Oranges
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on 09 Jan 2007 at 7:56 pm 3.Sam said …
Nice list – couple of changes and additions though:
- its Expression Blend vs. Flash
- and its XPS vs. PDF
- and I know you said the list was getting long, but there’s also Expression Web vs. Dreamweaver, Expression Media vs. Photoshop Album, Expression Design vs. Photoshop among them.
on 11 Jan 2007 at 2:44 pm 4.AtlasAlive said …
Expression Design vs. Illustrator
Atlas vs. Spry
on 22 May 2007 at 3:37 pm 5.» Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, January 09, 2007 | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com said …
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on 21 Aug 2007 at 12:39 pm 6.Kris Berg said …
These are both monster companies (Microsoft being the 800lb monster) with field dominance on both sides. I think competition is what keep market leaders honest and innovative.
Let’s not forget the recent example of the King of Lay-out Quark who got to lazy and too arrogant. They are in a life and death struggle to hang on to a portion of their kingdom, leave alone their crown against Adobe.
I say let the games begin, but I hope the winners are based on the best applications and tools for all of us and not on who has more political and financial clout.
on 26 Oct 2007 at 11:54 am 7.Ghillie Suits » Comparison of Microsoft and Adobe technologies said …
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on 26 Oct 2007 at 1:53 pm 8.Ghillie Suits » FlexLive.net " Red vs. Blue said …
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on 04 Nov 2007 at 10:49 pm 9.Jason Graves said …
Microsoft free like a puppy. VS Adobe free like a beer. What’s really free?
The dust has now setteled after the Macromedia merger. We had the same fight in the 90ies for the best HTML and user experience. Dreamweaver and Flash won…
Microsoft has tossed a lot of money at the folks at Adobe and like I said the dust has now setteled.
Mark my words by 2018 Adobe wins.
on 12 Jan 2008 at 1:12 am 10.Avery said …
They are exploring their damn business,and making unlimited dollars,so no matter who will win war,just not our business.
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on 08 Feb 2008 at 10:46 pm 14.Joe said …
“Expression Design vs. Illustrator
Atlas vs. Spry”