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Microsoft is going to absorb the Adobe?

According to the publication Financial Times, referring to the omniscient people “familiar with the matter”, the question of absorption Adobe Systems Microsoft company was discussed during the meeting of heads of corporations, among other ideas for a denser interaction. Both companies are perennial rivals in the software market.

proposal emerged during a broad condemnation of whether two software giants unite against Apple. Apparently, Microsoft is going to resort to radical tactics in confronting the rapid growth of the power of Apple’s mobile handset market with the success of the iPhone and iPad.

However, two people who know what was discussed during a meeting between Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) from Microsoft and Shantanu Naraenom (Shantanu Narayen) from Adobe, reported that an informal proposal is unlikely Microsoft will result in the actual transaction between the companies.

One notes that one should not expect extensive negotiations regarding acquisitions and other adds that any, even preliminary agreement is not reached. Both described the discussion as one of the ordinary meetings, which produced a range of possible interactions between the companies.

However, information about the meeting, which was first reported resource The New York Times, have led to growth stocks Adobe on Thursday, more than 11 cents per unit, raising the market value of up to $ 15 billion in spite of the fact that Microsoft has on hand $ 37 billion and the company’s market value exceeds $ 200 billion it had previously avoided such serious acquisitions.

Adobe seen by analysts as the most likely target for the absorption of Apple, before relations between the companies is not a crack. Company had a falling out on the grounds that Apple decided not to support Flash technology in their products based on iOS. The scandal has led to declining levels of stock to Adobe last year’s level.

The industry is an active discussion of these rumors, because this means the absorption is very significant changes in the software market. And Microsoft, among other things, such a deal promises a significant increase in the portfolio of professional applications.

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