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Adobe was founded in December 1982 [4] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. In 1985, Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. [5]
John Edward Warnock (October 6, 1940 – August 19, 2023) was an American computer scientist, inventor, technology businessman, and philanthropist best known for co-founding Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company, with Charles Geschke in 1982. [2]
Charles Matthew "Chuck" Geschke (September 11, 1939 – April 16, 2021) was an American businessman and computer scientist best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company Adobe Inc. with John Warnock in 1982, with whom he also co-created the PDF document format.
John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, has died aged 82, the software company announced on Sunday.
Adobe wordmark. Adobe Inc. is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California.In 1982, John Warnock and Charles Geschke left Xerox PARC and established Adobe to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. [1]
In 1988, John sold the distribution license for Photoshop to Adobe Systems and later on March 31, 1995, he sold the rights to the program to Adobe for $34.5 million. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Thomas Knoll was the lead developer until version CS4, [ 4 ] and currently contributes to work on the Camera Raw plug-in to process raw images from cameras.
Marketo, Inc. is an American software company, with its headquarters in San Mateo, California. Marketo develops and sells marketing automation software for account-based marketing and other marketing services and products, including SEO and content creation. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, Marketo was acquired by Adobe Inc. [1] [4]
Later that year, Aldus was acquired by Adobe Systems and Chizen became vice president and general manager of consumer products. [4] He was named CEO of Adobe in April 2000. His most notable action as CEO was the acquisition of Macromedia. [5] In an interview, Chizen stated that the primary reason for acquiring Macromedia was to get Flash. [6]