Some fun facts via Jon Nack that put into perspective how the Apple and Adobe companies have been connected for awhile. It will be interesting to see if Apple invides Adobe Flash to be on the tablet or if Adobe's products get any better on the Mac platform.
I've heard Drs. Warnock & Geschke talk about how they started Adobe with the intention of selling printing hardware, and how they shopped this idea around and around until they finally agreed to do what customers wanted: just sell them the software. They depict it as something of a forehead-slapping moment that changed everything.
Adobe's first big break came when [Adobe Founders] Geschke and Warnock convinced Apple Computer Inc. to use Post-Scrip