(Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.adobe.com) The leading multimedia and desktop publishing software company. Founded in 1982 by Dr. John Warnock, Adobe helped pioneer the desktop publishing industry with its PostScript fonts. Initially developed for the Mac, PostScript became the standard among graphics and printing service bureaus. Adobe's PhotoShop image editor and Illustrator drawing program also spearheaded the industry. With its 1995 acquisitions of PageMaker and FrameMaker, Adobe became a leader in desktop publishing software. In 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia, adding even more quality Web development and multimedia applications to the product line (see Macromedia).
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