Adobe and Photoshop

Yesterday, my buddy Doug sent me this link to download the latest version of Adobe Lightroom.
So, I went to and have previewed it a bit.  I believe that Adobe has a way to go in order to make it a program worth owning, separate from Photoshop.  Since I am a avid user of Photoshop Elements, I wanted to see what the various specialists were saying.  The results were varied and some coincided with my thoughts, but thats not the point.  I ran across this link about how Photoshop orginially started.  Very interesting.  Enjoy!