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Lest we forget https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop

Though TBF Adobe subsequently wrote many times more than the original.

Also, macromedia bought altsys, so that one's a transitive acquisition.

Seeing those names reminded me of another, back in the day when I ran Windows all my editing was carried out in Paint Shop Pro - which still seems to exist, despite having been first released 27 years ago.

Yes, PSP did everything I needed to do - though I am not deep into graphics. Seems they have a new 2018 version ($89 AU), but Windows only.

https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/products/paintshop-pro/stand...

I would even be okay with Adobe buying a company, which serves an entry-level market and offering its products separately from their old behemoths. Kind of like Atlassian sells JIRA, but for those, who don't like it - they bought Trello.

P.S. Macromedia Flash was so cool in 2006 :)

Unfortunately, Adobe bought Macromedia to kill FreeHand, not to continue offering it.

http://www.freehandforum.org