"There are some very good synergies and it does vault Adobe into the Unix market, which is a robust market for document imaging."

When Compaq entered the Unix market, Santa Cruz took over supplying the machine's operating system.

Despite a low profile, Intel dominates the Unix market, selling more processors that run the operating system than all other hardware manufacturers combined.

But Hewlett-Packard has been losing share in the Unix market to Sun for some time.

But then, in June 91 the PS/2 wasn't big, and this year the Unix market will be interesting.

Data Center, a larger version aimed directly at the Unix market, was not released yesterday.

Moving cautiously into the Unix market, Software AG says it is not seeking to confront competitors at the moment.

Filip acknowledged that 'there will be more competition [with the 9000]over time, but for right now, we're focused on the Unix market.'

Instrumental to that type of growth is the company's penetration of the AS/400 and Unix markets.

"And what's happening in Hollywood is that another piece of the Unix market is moving into the Linux space."