Photoshop and Mac and Windows

This started on-topic under "For Mac Users Only" as
Today's (Wednesday, October 1) MacInTouch http://www.macintouch.com/
has an useful report on astronomy software for the Mac.

In spite of the subject, 'Doze user Chris L Peterson jumped in with:
I've got a good friend at Adobe. Since V5 they stopped developing PS on Macs,
but do all the development in Windows and then port it.

I reposted this assertion on comp.graphics.apps.photoshop, and Chris
Cox replied:
Your "friend" is pulling your leg.
We do development on both platforms simultaneously (literally - I use 4
machines at once: 2 Mac and 2 Windows ;-).

Don't know who Chris Cox is? Read your Photoshop splash screen. And he
signed his name to his information. I'm glad he posted this, because I
knew that Mr. Peterson's assertion that Photoshop (which was ported
from the Mac to 'Doze) is being ported from 'Doze to the Mac was false,
but I couldn't prove it. But Chris Cox has proved it.

Davoud

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On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 22:35:03 -0400, Davoud wrote:

Don't know who Chris Cox is? Read your Photoshop splash screen. And he
signed his name to his information. I'm glad he posted this, because I
knew that Mr. Peterson's assertion that Photoshop (which was ported
from the Mac to 'Doze) is being ported from 'Doze to the Mac was false,
but I couldn't prove it. But Chris Cox has proved it.

I hope so. But I trust my source.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Chris L Peterson:
I hope so. But I trust my source.

*****

Your source has no credibility until you publish her name with her
assertion.

Davoud

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On 10/06/03 20:48 +0900, Davoud wrote:

Chris L Peterson:
I hope so. But I trust my source.

*****

Your source has no credibility until you publish her name with her
assertion.

What is this, a rehash of Watergate? ;^)

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Your source has no credibility until you publish her name with her
assertion.

Davoud

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Actually his source has plenty of creditability for the simple reason that
Chris Peterson himself has proved himself to be very creditable over the years.

The internet being the internet, aliases, motives, etc, that is about the best
one can do.

jon isaacs

Davoud:
Your source has no credibility until you publish her name with her
assertion.

Jon Isaacs:
Actually his source has plenty of creditability [sic] for the simple reason that
Chris Peterson himself has proved himself to be very creditable [sic] over the
years.

*****
You must have missed part of this thread. Mr. Peterson published an
assertion and cited the source as an anonymous Adobe employee. I knew
that the assertion was false, but I had no proof. My proof came from a
long-time Photoshop engineer, Chris Cox, who was willing to sign the
information that he provided. Look at the PS credits and you will see
Chris Cox's name there.

The internet being the internet, aliases, motives, etc, that is about the best
one can do.

I can do a lot better than to repeat a false assertion from an unnamed
source -- and I did do a lot better.

Davoud

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On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:26:55 -0400, Davoud wrote:

I can do a lot better than to repeat a false assertion from an unnamed
source -- and I did do a lot better.

It was not a false assertion. I was passing on an assessment made by someone I
know at Adobe, who I happen to believe has an accurate handle on things there.
I'm not going to say who, since the official line has clearly been given by your
source. Obviously, if Adobe is looking to get away from supporting Macs they
aren't going to advertise it in advance, especially if they currently have an
agreement in place with Apple.

That's all I'm going to say about this. The thread has drifted way too far from
its origin, a reasonable discussion of scientific image processing software
available for Macs.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

You must have missed part of this thread. Mr. Peterson published an
assertion and cited the source as an anonymous Adobe employee.


Didn't miss a lick. I have been following the thread.

I knew that the assertion was false, but I had no proof. My proof came from a
long-time Photoshop engineer, Chris Cox, who was willing to sign the
information that he provided. Look at the PS credits and you will see
Chris Cox's name there.

Looking for someone to give you the answer you want to hear might be proof for
you but I am a few steps down road and it doesn't look so sure fire to me.


I can do a lot better than to repeat a false assertion from an unnamed
source -- and I did do a lot better.

Davoud

Well, as I said, over the years I have found what Chris has posted to be
accurate, to me that is worth a great deal.

I have also been around long enough to know that Inside Scoops are not
something that someone will sign their name to. To the contrary, I am quite
aware that insiders will generally stick with the company line when confronted
when they are making a public statement. You want to get the truth, don't ask
someone to sign their name to it.....

The bottomline here is that I really don't care one way or the other but if I
were a betting man, I would bet on Chris. He was just passing along some
skuttle-butt he had heard.

Time will tell.

jon

t Mr. Peterson's assertion that Photoshop (which was ported
from the Mac to 'Doze) is being ported from 'Doze to the Mac was false,
but I couldn't prove it. But Chris Cox has proved it.

Hi:

What do you mean by "doze"? Windows? If so, why not say so?

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