Adobe Preparing to File Suit Against Apple?

Looks like Adobe might try to sue Apple now:
http://www.itworld.com/legal/104320/adobe-vs-apple-going-get-uglier

-Kevin

I'm pretty sure they don't have a case.

Apple can clearly point to RIM, Android, Windows Mobile, and (for now?) Palm as other options. If consumers care about things Apple doesn't offer then there are many other places for them to go.

The iPhone would have to have a much, much larger market share before this would even begin to be a legal issue.

That's like Burger King sueing McDonald's because they don't sell the whopper.

I'm pretty sure they don't have a case.

Apple can clearly point to RIM, Android, Windows Mobile, and (for now?) Palm as other options. If consumers care about things Apple doesn't offer then there are many other places for them to go.

The iPhone would have to have a much, much larger market share before this would even begin to be a legal issue.

You can not point to RIM, Android or Windows Mobile as all 3 allow side loading apps from location other than the official store. WP7 I am not so sure about what those restrictions are going to be but I have a feeling they are not going to stop things like the middleware compilers.

Android does not prevent you from using another compilers nor does RIM so those arguments are pointless. Apple could solve all the problems by allowing 3rd party app stores.

You can not point to RIM, Android or Windows Mobile as all 3 allow side loading apps from location other than the official store.

So? I don't see how any of your points matter one bit.

The point is, the consumer has options. If consumers want Flash, for example, they will flock to the Android phones that offer it and Apple will lose business.

That's the free market at work. The legal system steps in when something prevents the free market from working. What's stopping it here? Nothing. It's working just fine.

So? I don't see how any of your points matter one bit.

The point is, the consumer has options. If consumers want Flash, for example, they will flock to the Android phones that offer it and Apple will lose business.

That's the free market at work. The legal system steps in when something prevents the free market from working. What's stopping it here? Nothing. It's working just fine.

But Adobe as the argument that Apple is abusing its market power in volume of apps downloaded. We are talking just about the app market and that area apple has huge market power that the other phones can not even touch.
I believe our resident Apple fanboy (*LTD*) posted an article a while back saying apple had 99.4% of the number of apps downloaded. 99.4% is a huge market power.

Sounds like a desperate move.

Perhaps there's some legal reasoning I don't understand.

But it seems to me that if there are other phones (there are) and there are other app markets (there are) then Adobe needs to prove how Apple prevents people from buying Blackberry apps or Android apps. What is it about their low-sales did Apple cause?

Because I can't think of a reason.

But maybe I'm wrong (I'm no lawyer) and maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. But it seems to me that the fact that people own Blackberries and Android phones means that Adobe has every chance in the world to sell their software to those users.

I would think that's what matters: They have a (quite large) market available to them. Apple can't block that. If 90% of the users owned iPhones then, yes, Apple is cutting Adobe off from their buyers. But they don't. So what's stopping Adobe from selling to the other types of phones?

Perhaps there's some legal reasoning I don't understand.

But it seems to me that if there are other phones (there are) and there are other app markets (there are) then Adobe needs to prove how Apple prevents people from buying Blackberry apps or Android apps. What is it about their low-sales did Apple cause?

Because I can't think of a reason.

But maybe I'm wrong (I'm no lawyer) and maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. But it seems to me that the fact that people own Blackberries and Android phones means that Adobe has every chance in the world to sell their software to those users.

I would think that's what matters: They have a (quite large) market available to them. Apple can't block that. If 90% of the users owned iPhones then, yes, Apple is cutting Adobe off from their buyers. But they don't. So what's stopping Adobe from selling to the other types of phones?

It is not about phones. I limited my argument to just the apps market. Apple has 99.4% of that market locked up.

I love how people yay or nay legal actions in a thread without referencing a single law or precedent :D

I really want to know about the dialogue between these two companies. Why are there not discussions between the two of them at an executive level? Is it arrogance that they aren't picking up the phone?