In Design a Quark-killer? Loyalty to Denver firm tested

Denver-based Quark’s desktop publishing software, Xpress, has long been the dominant player in its industry. Estimates put Quark’s share of the business at close to 90 percent.

Long-time competitor Adobe Systems of San Jose, Calif., is out to change that. It’s about to release its “Quark killer” product, In Design, that’s going right after Xpress, Quark’s bread and butter.

In the works for five years, In Design will replace PageMaker as Adobe’s top-of-the-line desktop publishing software.

And that suits some users of Quark just fine.

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