This document provides a timeline of key events in Adobe's history from 1982 to 2005. It outlines the founding of the company in 1982, the release of early products like PostScript and Illustrator in the 1980s, the acquisition of Aldus and other companies in the 1990s, and the continued expansion of the product lineup throughout the 2000s. Major milestones include going public in 1986, revenues growing from $16 million to over $1 billion by 1999, and the acquisition of Macromedia in 2005 which added products like Flash.

1. Adobe History
2001 Adobe Photoshop Elements 2004 Adobe InDesign CS
2001 Adobe Atmosphere™ PageMaker Edition
2001 Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader 2004 Adobe Intelligent
2001 Adobe Studio® Document Platform
2001 Fotiva Acquisition 2004 Adobe LiveCycle™
1983 First OEM Contract 1987 Adobe Illustrator® 1990 Adobe Photoshop® 1994 Aldus Acquisition 1999 GoLive Acquisition 2004 Adobe Premiere Elements
1990 Adobe Type Manager® 1994 Adobe PageMaker® 1999 Adobe GoLive®
1994 Adobe After Effects® 1999 Adobe InDesign®
1996 Adobe PhotoDeluxe® 2002 Enterprise Server Products
1982 Company Founded 1986 Adobe® Type Library 1991 Adobe Premiere® 1996 Adobe PageMill® 2002 Accelio Acquisition 2005 Macromedia Acquisition
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1985 First PostScript® Printer & Image Setter 1989 First Japanese PostScript Printer 1993 Adobe Acrobat® 1995 Frame Technology Acquisition 1998 Adobe ImageStyler® 2000 Bruce Chizen Promoted to CEO 2003 Adobe Photoshop Album
1998 Adobe ImageReady® 2000 Adobe InCopy® 2003 Adobe Acrobat family
2000 Adobe LiveMotion® (Elements, Standard, Professional)
2003 Adobe Encore® DVD
2003 Adobe Video Collection
2003 Adobe Audition®
2003 Adobe Creative Suite
2003 Yellow Dragon Acquisition
$16M REVENUE FY ’86 $83M REVENUE FY ’88 $304M REVENUE FY ’90 $520M REVENUE FY ’92 $676M REVENUE FY ’94 $787M REVENUE FY ’96 $895M REVENUE FY ’98 $1.2B REVENUE FY ’00 $1.68B REVENUE FY ’02 $1.66B REVENUE FY ’04
Adobe Initial Public Offering (291 Employees) (1,317 Employees) (3,848 Employees)
(Nasdaq: ADBE)
$39M REVENUE FY ’87 $121M REVENUE FY ’89 $452M REVENUE FY ’91 $580M REVENUE FY ’93 $762M REVENUE FY ’95 $912M REVENUE FY ’97 $1B REVENUE FY ’99 $1.23B REVENUE FY ’01 $1.29B REVENUE FY ’03
(2,500 Employees) (2,322 Employees) (2,654 Employees) (2,800 Employees) (3,000 Employees) (3,600 Employees)
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