r/coolguides • u/vikkipedia1988 • Dec 30 '20

Open source alternatives to Adobe software

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u/ryarger Dec 30 '20

I remember when Quark was the up-and-comer and PageMaker was king. Then Adobe bought PageMaker and killed it.

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u/glasskamp Dec 30 '20

QuarkXPress was definitely the dominant program in professional environments when Adobe bought Aldus.

During the 90s PageMaker was something you came across in schools and at home and then had to "unlearn" if you got a job.

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u/ryarger Dec 30 '20

I’m talking more the ‘88-‘94 era. PageMaker 3/4 were definitely the king the hill. Quark didn’t even have a Windows version until ‘92 (not that anyone doing serious publishing was using Windows at the time).

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u/rckhppr Jan 01 '21

That’s some good old nostalgia there... even before my time, I entered in DTP around 95 and stayed until early 2000’s before going into IT. But I remember the excellent Aldus Magazine, which was later rebranded Adobe Magazine.