Maxwell Hoffman said: > For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work > for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So > "somebody" out there is happy with Adobe. ;-)
Perhaps. :) But, at what cost? The unhappy ones are probably the small users - like myself - who helped FrameMaker become what it is and Adobe *clearly* does not care about us anymore. That is unlike the founders of Frame Technology who I met many years ago ... and the founders of Adobe too, I would hope! Financial success by large companies is not the only measure of success that matters. It is why in my 35+ years of work, I have chosen to do many small startups and try to only work for small companies. My current startup (I was one of the founders) now has 80 employees and I bet that, *collectively*, we are a happier bunch of people than all the folks at Adobe. But we will *never* make those top lists due to our tiny size! :) FWIW, the largest company I ever worked for was Analog Devices (helped their small 60 person semiconductor division grow large ... my first job out of college). Even there, supporting small customers was a matter of pride for us - an *individual* could buy a single part from them directly when I worked there. Z
