Victor Cook

Yahoo + Adobe: It's a Vision Thing

RJ,

I agree, processor-intensive applications appear to be out of reach. I use Adobe's "Connect" to narrate (and edit the sound trakcs to) the slide shows I sometimes link to my posts. This is one of your processor-intensive applications.

What do you think about the idea of a Yahoo!-Adobe deal -- combining as it does YHOO's access to eyeballs with ADBE's high margin boxed software and its free online applications?

~V

Yahoo + Adobe: It's a Vision Thing

Dennis.

1. Aunt Sue and all do object to advertising on TV--thank god for Tivo?

A quick web search suggests TIVO has a US market penetration in the 18% range. Not exactly a repudiation of TV advertising!

2. Believe me, it's well worth not having advertising popups and overlays and "click here if you don't want to wait 45 seconds."?

I don’t know Dennis. Last week 46% of visitors to yahoo.com went there for an email screen filled with display-ads, pop-ups, videos and all kinds of things. My more benign gmail screen is full of AdWords in the left-hand panel and across the top navigation bar. These are far less annoying and I even open them once in a while.

3. Microsoft should buy both Adobe and Yahoo?

Wouldn’t that be a hoot!

~V