You heard it right. Designers and developers who use Adobe products will have to upgrade to new versions to run stable apps on Vista, reports InformationWeek.com. Somewhere in the wrangling between Microsoft and Adobe, a very important player was neglected…the customer. While this news will hit a significant segment, I imagine this is just the tip of the iceberg. What other legacy programs are going to choke on the new operating system? Will users buy into it or is it time to go Mac or Linux? If Microsoft doesn’t work harder w/ other vendors they may be surprised at the diminishing market share. Adobe is not as likely to take a hit b/c folks who shift to an alternate OS will be able to run Adobe products just as well. If I were Adobe I’d either develop patches to run old versions on Vista, offer inexpensive upgrades or offer incentives for folks to move over to the new OS or promote transitioning to a Mac format. In any case, seems to me Microsoft stands to lose more in the deal. There are other competitive Operating Systems, but when it comes to graphics and animation, Adobe really has the market share. The greatest loser however will be the end-users. Maybe it’s finally time to bail on Microsoft, if you haven’t already.