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		nray on June 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14M (2... And Freehand was better than Illustrator IMHO, but Adobe bundled Illustrator with Photoshop to schools and so we lost a great drawing and layout tool.

spikej on June 29, 2022 | [–]

I loved how well the Macromedia products played with each other. Freehand -> Flash or Director just WORKED! Illustrator to these failed miserably.

Forgeties79 on June 29, 2022 | [–]

RIP Gimp

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