Adobe Systems is a computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. The company was founded by Jon Warnock and Charles Gershke in 1982 and 12. They used to work in the Palo Alto Research Center of Xerox, and after leaving their jobs, they set up Adobe Systems to commercialize PostScript page description language. 1985, Adobe Company played an important role in the PostScript desktop publishing revolution led by Apple LaserWriter printer. The company name "Adobe" comes from Adobe Creek, which is not far from the company's original office in Mountain View, California. On April 18, 2005, Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia, the former biggest competitor, for $3.4 billion. The acquisition has greatly enriched Adobe's product line and improved its capabilities in the multimedia and online publishing industries. The transaction was completed in February 2005. On June 5438+February, 2006, Adobe announced the adoption of new icons for all products, matching the abbreviation of the program with the color background. For example, the blue Ps is Photoshop, which feels like an element symbol, causing great social repercussions. In 2008, Adobe will launch Adobe CS4 suite based on Adobe cs3, and will add more new functions.