2007-03-01 09:30
Free Photoshop Online in the making
The other day I wrote about Picnik, an online picture editor.
Yesterday, CNET reported that within half a year, Adobe plans to release a hosted version of Photoshop. They’re expecting Google to come up with something similar, so they’re attempting to beat them to it.
My first thought was something like: “Poor Picnik.” With free online photo editors coming from both Adobe and Google, they’re going to struggle. Then again, here’s their chance to excel in ease of use and integration with Flickr, blogging software and other online services.
Then I thought: “Poor Adobe.” (Well, not that poor …) As David Young wrote in Joyeur, the Joyent weblog a few days ago, as soon as you know Google is working on something similar to what you’re developing, you’re probably better off doing something else. Quote mr. Young:
There’s just no point, my fellow entrepreneurs, in charging up a hill already occupied by Leviathan.
But there are probably also a lot of people who would like to use a hosted version of Adobe’s Photoshop rather than something entirely different from Google.
(Via Swedish MacWorld)
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