Did anyone hear about the secret meeting that Microsoft and Adobe had, discussing ways of overcoming Apple in the mobile phone market?
A possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft were among the options.
I for one, would HATE to see Adobe be purchased by Microsoft (and so would Google) as Flash is used by 98% of the World's desktop users and I'm positive they would eventually drop Linux support and integrate with SilverLight. And let's not even bring up Photoshop and how the chances of it being ported to Linux will be zero.
I suggest you read the article as it's important to the future of the desktop.