Macromedia Shwag: I haven’t been icluded on this because I have never attended a Macromedia event like Max or TodCon or any other but, since I’ve participated in several betas in the last few years I have received a few Macromedia items: 2 car visor CD holders 1 small travel alarm clock with the Macromedia logo on it 1 great looking…
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There has been a lot of discussion in blogs and newsgroups following the recent closing of the transaction for the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe. I have been reading a lot about it in the last few days, official words and commentary alike and there’s one thing that’s really been bugging me in many of the coments I’ve seen. There’s a lot of people who…
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The April 2005 version of the MX Developer’s Journal (www.mxdj.com) was released yesterday and I just had a peek through it. About the entire first half of the issue was devoted to the recently announced acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe and I have two problems with that. First. Until the acquisition is official and approved by all concerned parties,…
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I’ve been reading quite a bit about the recently announced Adobe acqusition of Macromedia and, beyond all the speculation about the future of specific products, the one thing that’s starting to hit me hard is the disapearance of the Macromedia brand. Many people speak of this as a merger but it is not a merger, it’s an acquisition…
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I’m posting this both as a test as I’m trying to resolve some problems with my blogging software but also to post a link to a good summary of reactions and official statements about the pending Adobe-Macromedia merger announced yesterday. Jason Kottke has posted this summary and I wanted to link it here so that I can come back to…
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