[flashpro] Adobe owns Macromedia

[Howell, John]

But every time you buy a product you are giving a company the ability to
make decisions for you.  Whatever they choose to do with the software
effects you. The only decision you ever have is whether to buy it or not.
They may take feedback but the software company always makes the decisions.
There are several things Adobe did with CS2 that I hate, and Macromedia with
flash, they weren't my decisions. Besides, with the support of the Mac
Community that Adobe receives I doubt very seriously that they would leave.
Buying Macromedia doesn't make them leave or stay anymore they if they
didn't buy them.  I also think there was more behind the decision to stop
making premiere for the Mac.  Seems like there is a deal somewhere in there.
I wouldn't be surprised if we found Premiere engineers somewhere behind
Final Cut.  (That's just me thinking)  I know that Mac and Adobe have been
strained a little since the Os X stuff.  Maybe this is Adobe's way of
gaining more leverage?  Who knows.  I just don't think it is an all bad
thing.


(one big run-on thought.)


JC

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Bullock [mailto:tyler at tabullcreative.com]
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [flashpro] Adobe owns Macromedia


Good points, BUT Apple and Adobe are not brother and sister unfortunately.
Adobe has a strong dislike for Apple since they continually come up with
competing products like Final Cut, some of which they offer for free like
iDVD, iMovie and more. Adobe even considered not offering Mac versions of
their software recently, and probably would have done it if they had been
certain that professionals were more loyal to a software than an OS. If
Adobe has full control over all the programs I and many other use (the core
is all Macromedia and Adobe products) and decided to stop supporting Macs, I
would be forced to switch to a windows box or find another line of work (and
turn Apple into just an iPod company). I really don't want Adobe making that
decision for me. 

Just a thought,

Tyler



On 6/6/05 10:24 AM, "Howell, John" <JHowell at sfbcic.com> wrote:

> Come on guys, this is going to be a great thing.  Two of the worlds best
> software creators getting together.  The outcome can only be better.
Adobe
> does not have a history of getting rid of a product they purchase.  Look
at
> page maker.  They have kept it around and made improvements to it.  Now
they
> are taking all of that experience and creating InDesign, a product that is
> set to blow Quark out of the water.  If they stay true to  what they have
> done in the past, they will keep all the products of macromedia and make
> them their own.  Just think of the advantages of Photoshop integration
with
> flash, shockwave, director.  Think of the scripting possibilities in
> Photoshop or Illustrator if action script is ever integrated.  Flash paper
> and Acrobat could learn a lot from each other.  Oh, and not to mention if
> you are a Mac person.  Apple and Adobe may as well be brother and sister.
> 
> 
> I think this is a great thing.
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry I got in late on the conversation.
> 
> JC Howell
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler Bullock [mailto:tyler at tabullcreative.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:26 AM
> To: Mailing list for professional Flash designers and developers
> Subject: Re: [flashpro] Adobe owns Macromedia
> 
> 
> Does anybody know the number for that truck driving school?
> 
> 
> On 4/18/05 9:14 AM, "Taggart, Damian" <DTaggart3 at tvi.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Media software oligopoly 2005: Macrodobe owns my future. It's kind of
>> scary.
>> 
>> --Damian
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi all
>>> 
>>> Someone please tell me that this isn't true   :P
>>> 
>>> Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive
>>> agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock
>>> transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.
>>> 
>>> http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html
>>> 
>>>>>>  Shudder <<<
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Mike
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