[flashpro] Adobe owns Macromedia

[Simon Skrødal]

What about the diversity, creativity, innovation and choice?

If anything, I think that the competition between Macromedia and Adobe (as
well as many other major companies) is to our benefit -> pushing diversity,
creativity and innovation in their products -- and the fact that we, as
consumers, have a choice in what product to go for, all these companies have
to work hard for our money.

I think it's sad to see smaller companies with great ideas being consumed by
the giants - i.e. who knows how many ideas Microsoft has shot dead over the
years. They see someone with an idea, buy them out, patent the idea and puts
it to rest. Who knows how many great ideas out there have been silenced by
major companies?

If there is no competition, what's driving innovation? Diversity is good, it
makes us think differently

Down the track, you will see more mergers and eventually there will be only
a couple of big-guns left to run the show. The same is happening in your
supermarkets, at your service stations, your currencies, countries....
depressing. Sorry, but it is.

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Zoern" <mzoern at sympatico.ca>
To: "Mailing list for professional Flash designers and developers"
<flashpro at muinar.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [flashpro] Adobe owns Macromedia


> A very true Adobe Fan as well as a life long mac guy. It's a great
> thing in my books Not to mention flash player might work smoother on
> slower macs.
>
> Not really brother and sister though, more like papa.   8)
>
> matthew zoern
>
>
>
> On 6-Jun-05, at 11:24 AM, Howell, John 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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