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APRIL 7, 2011

Of course, on the proprietary side is the ever present and predominant Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. There are low-end versions of Adobe’s Premier (called Elements) and Apple’s Final Cut (called Final Cut Express.) I’ll start with basic graphics – graphic manipulation tools.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Adobe InDesign : the rather expensive desktop publishing program includes, apparently, conversion to epub (but not to mobi.) ($$). You can also use the following tools to independently view your creations: Adobe Digital Editions (ePub). Calibre : a cross-platform suite of tools for ebook management, conversion, etc.

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APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { More $ toward open source is a tide that lifts all boats. It’s still mighty small (still around 2%), but Linux Desktop market share grew from 40-60% (depending on who you ask) from last year.

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DECEMBER 26, 2008

Adobe Air , and applications. Adobe Air is an impressive framework for rich internet applications. This Adobe Air application deserves its own entry. (I’ve It’s not cheap, but it works well, and saves me so much time invoicing, that it pays for itself several times over every month. Proprietary Tools.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Google decided to go with the ePub format for their bookstore, with Adobe DRM. But then, Google enters the fray, in a bigger way that just with Android. The Google eBookstore !

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AUGUST 11, 2008

And, further, efforts like Adobe AIR, and Microsoft Silverlight , are bringing full-fledged desktop application functionality to applications in the cloud. As the limitations of both AJAX and Flash are overcome (and as both develop further) expect even more usability for online applications.

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AUGUST 17, 2007

The others I assessed include DimDim , Yugma, and Adobe Connect. They are all cross-platform for participants, but none of these can show Linux desktops, and some (like Adobe in particular) can’t even run the presenter software on Linux. They all are certainly interesting, and DimDim and Yugma are free. (I

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