Macworld: News: Adobe aims at Microsoft
Metro document format
It is so motherfuckin' on, you don't even know. For those who are outside the tech industry, allow me to sum up how I see this. Adobe makes graphics software and specializes in stuff that printers and designers love. They tend to stay away from the stuff that directly impacts consumers, prefering more to focus on the tools behind the scenes that make the consumer stuff look great.
Microsoft makes OSes and associated applications for consumers. They focus on making the core components work or providing stuff directly for the end-user. They tend to stay away from tools in the middle that makes the consumer goods look great and they just focus on the plumbing and the end user apps.
Adobe bought Macromedia, a much more direct competitor to MS in both the plumbing and the end user space. MS is going into print ready document formats, an area that Adobe has totally owned with PDF. I don't know who planned to piss in who's swimming pool first, but damn if it isn't on like a mofo now. Round 1.... FIGHT!