Comments on: Adobe sees its future on the Web

Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards.

[jchandler15]

I agree with them

I agree with Adobe it should have it's future on the web, however it must be ready for it and not release a half assed product
Josh Chandler
http://www.techoriphic.com

[k-sea]

Great more flex yet no talk about coldfusion

Nice Bruce, talk up everything except Coldfusion.

Website's will still need to be website's and not flash/flex Apollo driven entities for the next few years at least.

[Too Old For IT]

Flash not on the image here

Flash not on the image here where I work. Itis considered an utter waste of bandwidth.

[lmasanti]

Quite similar to...

From the descriptions of eBay and Amazon examples of Apollo's
applications it seems to me that they are almost identical to the
iTunes experience.

[Too Old For IT]

Adobe sees future on the Web = DUH!

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[bdennis410]

Content is Web future-Go Adobe!

Congratulations to Chizen for his continuing attemtps to visualize a web future based on user control of content. As I have referred to in the past when commenting, I again urge readers (and Chizen) to read "Rainbow's End" by Vernor Vinge.
Vinge envisions a society based on "wearing" wherein your clothing, and a variety of innocuous attachments, are all part of the "connected" experience, including user "on the fly" content creation, WebCam live always connected, and more.
"Second Life" is also on the way to a magical future. Your web Avatar alter ego may actually lead the life you want to live...or not. It may depend on your "skill set" in developing and managing your Avatar's success.
Entrepreneurs take heed!
To the extent Chizen can see a future for Adobe and partners on which the focus is facilitating content creation and management, I agree that is the way to go. The technical impediments he sees in broadband speed limitations will be solved, sooner rather than much later. Demand will manifest the very moment capability is achieved.
The depth of future demand for web-delivered services, content, information and entertainment is at it's earliest stages; achieving Vinge's vision will require much in technological advances, but my own view is that it is doable. Whether it is necessary, even desireable, remains to be seen.
Mediaman
(Barry Dennis)

[oligofree]

Think out of the box :)))

What can I say? That's more than enough http://www.whatisinthebox.co.uk/