Platinum Equity Acquires Quark

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August 09, 2011, 09:53:57 AM
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Farabomb

#1
August 09, 2011, 10:05:11 AM
Quark needs to die.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
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gnubler

#2
August 09, 2011, 10:06:53 AM
I agree.

What moron would buy that POS?
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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Joe

#3
August 09, 2011, 10:07:44 AM
They certainly have the deep pockets now to compete with Adobe. Now if their management would stop making stupid bone-headed decisions it might make for some good competition down the road which is never a bad thing.
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#4
August 09, 2011, 10:08:04 AM
I think Platinum Equity is wasting their money.
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#5
August 09, 2011, 10:09:11 AM
I just played Bullshit Bingo with the quoted passages in that article and won in like 10 seconds.  :laugh:

I don't think I'd get along with Brian Wall too well.  :death:
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Farabomb

#6
August 09, 2011, 10:10:03 AM
Joe has a point but I got bit by quark this AM so I'm still a little bitter.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

Joe

#7
August 09, 2011, 10:16:32 AM
Just got this:
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gnubler

#8
August 09, 2011, 10:38:43 AM
What a bunch of carp.

I also agree about the competition. It's not like I love Adobe, but at least it works.

If quark reverts back to v. 4.1 and throws in some new Easter eggs they might have something going for them.
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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hotmetal

#9
August 09, 2011, 10:51:05 AM
I just got the letter too, which is why I popped over here. Platinum Equity is 27th on the 2009 Forbes list of the U.S.'s largest private companies, according to Wikipedia.

I agree with Joe about what could happen if they put some knowledgeable management in place who actually listens to we, the users to find out why Quark has been on life support for the last decade. It could be turned around. Concentrate on print, spin off the web stuff to a second app or set of apps. Study Indy's weak points and hire the best software engineers money can buy. Make it simple yet powerful, and most of all, make it work again.

Just ask us, right here in this forum, what to do, and we will make you guys rich beyond your wildest imaginations. Just remember to drop a couple of quarters in the tip jar for Joe on your way to your Caymen Island bank.
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#10
August 09, 2011, 04:12:52 PM
"Creative Pro" has an interview with a PR flack from Quark who claims that the team will be left pretty much the same, but implied they will be picking up additional capabilities through other acquisitions. Quark's marketshare has to have plummeted, so I'd think their only hope is to find a niche not owned by Adobe (yet) and take it over. I wonder if they're going to be focusing on things like ebook production, for instance? They used to dominate the newspaper production environments, but we all know what's happening to that market. As I see it, as long as Adobe has Photoshop and Illustrator in a bundled package with InDesign Quark will have a very hard time competing even in the unlikely event they do manage to produce a superior product. I'll admit to mixed feelings because Adobe is getting pretty arrogant in their sense of market dominance, and they're squeezing us more and more for every penny they can. Makes me wish there were decent open-source applications that were accessible enough to make them clean up their act and start treating their users a little better.

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#11
August 09, 2011, 04:35:53 PM
Well put, sir!  :goodpost:
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Farabomb

#12
August 10, 2011, 08:04:53 AM
Bring back Freehand!
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

G_Town

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August 10, 2011, 08:11:41 AM

David

#14
August 10, 2011, 08:32:18 AM
I got the letter, too. But like most things I get from Quack, I delete it without reading it.
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