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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: MPTheory on May 26, 2005, 06:36:02 AM

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: MPTheory on May 26, 2005, 06:36:02 AM

Adobe to Acquire Macromedia

On April 18, 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. By combining the passion, creativity, and technology of two leading-edge companies, we will continue to drive innovations that help people and organizations everywhere communicate better.

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html


this kind of scares me... If they replace Dreamweaver with golive,  im not going to be a happy camper.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: nO-One on May 26, 2005, 12:10:32 PM

Well I was shocked aswell but I seriously doubt they\'ll go with GoLive instead of Dreamweaver.

But there are good things in this, more intigration between Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash for instance.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: MPTheory on May 26, 2005, 12:15:49 PM

I was just talking to my buddy about that.. It would be kinda cool if dreamweaver and flash became part of the CS suite.  That is, as long as they dont change anything.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: nO-One on May 26, 2005, 12:30:55 PM

THere\'s been a bunch of rumors on what\'s going to happen, so think that Adobe will scrap all of Macromedia\'s offerings and this was only done as a way to squash their competition.

But what I always thought was the most belivable was that Flash and Dreamweaver would be integrated into the CS suite and programs such as Fireworks and Freehand would be a smaller app in a cheap\'o suite of sorts.

Adobe\'s too smart just to throw away mature programs like Fireworks, Freehand and such. Hell they might throw in some of their own, InMotion doesn\'t hold a candle to Flash for instance and GoLive while a good program doesn\'t have the userbase of Dreamweaver.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: THX on May 26, 2005, 01:38:30 PM

As long as I have Flash I\'ll be fine.  Don\'t use Dreamweaver anymore.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: Titan on May 26, 2005, 01:42:01 PM

As long as they don\'t scrap all of Macromedia, this merger will be a pretty positive thing in the eyes of the consumer. A lot more compatability and integration between all the programs would be pretty cool.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: Evi on May 26, 2005, 01:52:59 PM

Maybe they\'ll just call it Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Flash and whatnot...only they\'ll make the programs kick more ass.

I\'m a frequent Dreamweaver user, so I hope they don\'t f*ck everything up. I saw this news a while ago and just thought...WTF?

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A lot more compatability and integration between all the programs would be pretty cool.

That\'s what I\'m hoping as well.

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: MPTheory on May 27, 2005, 04:47:38 AM

they might still keep the same staff on at macromedia and just have the rights to the software.. I went to macromedia.com and there doesn\'t seem to be any change in "schedule".

Title: Dear God!!! This is what happens when worlds colide
Post by: Evi on May 27, 2005, 10:57:23 AM

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Originally posted by MPTheory
they might still keep the same staff on at macromedia and just have the rights to the software.. I went to macromedia.com and there doesn\'t seem to be any change in "schedule".

Yeah, I haven\'t noticed anything drastic over there either...which, for now, is a good thing.