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Why was there a revenue loss in that segment? Whats the strategy looking like now?

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Why was there a revenue loss in that segment? Whats the strategy looking like now?

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From where Macromedia was a year ago, yes, there was a loss. But that was because of purchase accounting. There were a number of deals where we weren’t able to recognize revenue even though we’ll get the cash from it. There are three pieces of the mobile strategy. The first thing: We want to get Flash, and in certain cases Adobe Reader, onto as many devices as possible. For example, Sony announced that they’re going to incorporate Flash into the PlayStation 3 and [PlayStation Portable]. In January, Kodak announced a camera with Flash on it. The second opportunity is providing client-servers [called FlashCast] or applications that we can sell to the cell phone carriers to help them push channels of information in a very engaging, interactive way. The data is being pushed when your phone is on but you’re not looking at it. [When you use the phone] you have something that looks really cool and very graphical with no delay. The third opportunity: What we’ll do is add mobile capability to P

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