Apple software business growing

By Barb Dybwad

If iWork is the sleeper hit from Macworld, perhaps software is Apple's sleeper hit out of their iPod/computer oeuvre? Matthew Li of SFGate
thinks so.

Last year saw $503 million in Apple software sales, up 39% from 2003. After the iPod and the iTMS, Apple's software is the next fastest-growing part of the business. Analysts say the user-friendliness of Apple's software offerings will be key in the strategy to woo Windows users. To this I add only a resounding "duh!"

One interesting part of Li's article is the insinuation that Apple and Adobe are becoming more at odds in the midst of Apple's expansion of its imaging and video editing software. We have witnessed
signs of tension between the Mac world and the Adobe world. What do you think – is the relationship between Apple and Adobe in the midst of change?
What direction will this take?

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