On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:17:07AM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: > Aaron Reynolds wrote: > >So if I understand all this correctly, if I wanted to run Aperture on my > >old G4 dual 867, the best upgrade I could make would be a kickass video > >card? > > > >Does it make sense that Lightroom has been released to battle Aperture, > >to try to maintain Adobe's dominance in the photographic world? > > > >-Aaron > > The Beta release was likely due to Aperture, but both apps were in > development long before either company knew about the other project. > > Both are logical outgrowths of previous apps, iPhoto in the case of > Aperture and Adobe Bridge in the case of Lightroom
Are you sure about that? Lightroom appears to come from what used to be Macromedia, rather than from Adobe itself. That would make it a competitor to Adobe Bridge (at least when originally designed) rather than a follow-on.
