Microsoft and Adobe may have just fallen out, but the two companies have been on a collision course for years. Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research, called attention to it in November. On Microsoft Monitor, Jupiter's blog, he wrote: "I swear that Microsoft executives have painted a giant bullseye on Adobe.
"Long ago, I cautioned that Adobe and Microsoft were on a collision course ... It's hard to find a major Microsoft product or technology in the late 2005-06 release cycle that doesn't go after an Adobe line of business."
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