According to several stories on the subject photo shop will be optimized for touch on windows tablets. But they way the partnership is being touted is Adobe products will work better on Microsoft products. So this is what I am wondering. First is Adobe bringing flash back to smartphones (flash was on Android at one point) through Windows? Also do you think Microsoft is working with other companies to push innovation. Unlike Google who aquires companies to further innovation. Because at one point Microsoft wanted to aquire adobe. I get the feeling Microsoft has something big coming soon.
hmm...I think it's just Satya Nadella doubling down on renewing Microsoft's focus on productivity. The partnership with Adobe makes sense because it fills in the creative end of the productivity spectrum. Adobe is a bit big for Microsoft to acquire at this point, but synergetic partnerships aren't out of the question.
One area I can see collaboration in is in bringing Adobe Creative Suite to the 'mobile first, cloud first' world. Don't get me wrong, I would never expect the full power of Photoshop or Illustrator to make it to non-x86 tablets and PCs, but what about lighter versions for professionals?
Why should I depend on my company's creative team to produce nice visuals for my presentation slides or documents (e.g. reports)? It wastes time and energy, especially for the creative people who could otherwise focus on more complex tasks. I would love to see Adobe and Microsoft offer Universal App versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, etc, that will let me - as a general professional with some creative ability - to enhance my work.
These Universal Apps can sit in between their full desktop and light mobile (e.g. Photoshop Express) versions. Adobe can leverage Microsoft's Azure, OneDrive and Office Gemini stuff to push this suite, Microsoft in turn push this 'Creative for Pros' suite to its business customers.