Happy 25 Years Adobe

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Adobe's PlatformDecember 2nd, 1982 was when John Warnock and Charles Geschke founded Adobe. I was almost 1 year old. 25 years later I have my dream job working for the company they founded. We’ve both come a long way but Adobe’s has been the much more interesting/profitable road. The history of Adobe is something I find very interesting. One of the best parts about working on the “inside” is being able to go back and see all of the products that didn’t make it. Or even better, the products that evolved into something else. Adobe is a tremendous company undergoing a really fantastic evolution. It’s exciting for me to be a part of it and I hope in 25 years I’ll be doing a blog post about how great the 50th anniversary is.

JD has a pointer to a really good article by Martin LaMonica about Bruce Chizen and Adobe. Adobe has always been a platform company. Between PostScript, PDF, Flash and now AIR, Adobe has always tried to provide people a way to create engaging experiences. And we’ve made a lot of money creating the best tools out there for any kind of creative endeavor. John Nack has a lot of great info over on his blog about the anniversary and it’s all worth a look if you want to see where we’ve been and where we’re going.

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  • Mike Kollen

    Hi Ryan,

    My son was born on the same day Adobe was founded, maybe he will be working for Adobe at the 50 year anniversary. We did get him the Flex Builder 3 Beta for Tots Edition for his birthday. :) I too am looking forward to Adobe’s bright future and innovation.

    Take Care,

    Mike

  • http://www.somethinkspecial.de/ Silvi

    25 years, wow! I didn’t know that.
    Happy birthday and thanks, Adobe. I can’t imagine working without Photoshop.

  • http://paydayavailable.com payday

    >>>Hi Mike

    I hope when your son grows up he will become one of the best top managers of Adobe ;)

    Best Wishes

  • http://www.wreckramblin.com Wreck

    I had no idea Adobe was so old, i thought it was a mid to late 90′s venture but how wrong was i. Also here is a bit of trivia, i was reading the first 100 domains ever registered and Adobe.com was number 42 being registered on the 17th November 1986 making it 21 years, 1 month 25 days old today.

    Here is the list
    http://www.idomainsite.com/lounge-room/23-first-domains-ever-registered.html

    What i found interesting was Adobe.com was registered before the likes of Apple.com, AMD.com, Cisco.com and Philips.com which i found quite a shock.

    One things for sure, Adobe is a solid company with a range of products that are the best in the industry.