Founding of Adobe Systems

John Warnock and Charles Geschke, disillusioned by Xerox's failure to commercialize their graphics language, left Xerox PARC to found Adobe Systems, with a focus on developing a page description language.

Significance

This laid the groundwork for PostScript, which would become the cornerstone of desktop publishing and high-quality printing.

Key facts

Date
1982-12-01
Type
invention
Location
San Jose, California, USA