Aldus FreeHand 4 is the fourth major release of FreeHand developed by Altsys Corporation and the first to support PowerPC processors. It is also the last major version to be marketed by Aldus.[1] It is feature-equivalent with Virtuoso 2.0 for NeXTSTEP.
Features[]
FreeHand 4.0 included support for reading and writing Adobe Illustrator 88 and Illustrator 3.0 files, which was an optional feature in the previous version.[2]
Lawsuit[]
After Aldus Corporation was acquired by Adobe Systems in August 1994,[1] Altsys, which had retained development rights, sued to regain marketing rights to FreeHand, citing a non-compete clause because of Adobe's development of Adobe Illustrator.[3][4] Altsys also filed for the trademark to Altsys FreeHand in July 1994 in event they needed to self-publish the product.[5] Altsys was then acquired by Macromedia in January 1995.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aldus and Adobe Lay Claim to Digital Publishing by Laurie Flynn, The New York Times. 1994-08-24.
- ↑ King of the draw by Thomas Marshall, InfoWorld, p.106. 1994-10-17.
- ↑ Macromedia's purchase of Altsys raises questions by Pardhu Vadlamudi, InfoWorld p.24. 1994-11-07.
- ↑ Aldus to Add Products, Enhance Pagemaker, InfoWorld p.125. 1987-10-26.
- ↑ ALTSYS FREEHAND - Trademark Details, Justia Trademarks. Accessed 2020-09-13.
- ↑ Macromedia completes acquisition of Altsys by Bloomberg News, The New York Times. 1995-01-25.
External links[]
- Aldus FreeHand 4 at the Adobe Wiki
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