Adobe To Acquire Macromedia : Gizmodo

Adobe announced this morning that they will be acquiring webdev tool powerhouse Macromedia in an all stock exchange valued at approximately $3.4 billion, pending SEC approval. Adobe’s PDF (Acrobat) format and Macromedia’s Flash platform are probably their two most pervasive products and so the effects of such an acquisition will likely be felt by anyone with an Internet connection in some form or another.

Put another way, it’s a safe bet to say that soon, we’ll be able to generate PDFs from Flash movies with a ColdFusion backend that plays back video edited in Premiere wrapped in an interface laid out in Dreamweaver, designed in Fireworks and colored in Illustrator. All within a single company’s product lineup. Get ready for a productivity suite that leaves you winded, for sure.

Adobe To Acquire Macromedia : Gizmodo

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  • http://www.freepressblog.org JaredB

    Cool; it would be awesome if they built in some Illustrator / Flash integration.

    I wonder if they’re trying to compete with Microsoft for the position of the company that has the most pirated software products. I would bet that over 80% of the installed copies of Adobe’s products (and whatever the Flash studio product is called) are pirated.

  • http://whateveriwanttosay.blogspot.com/ Martha

    I can’t wait until Dan’s baby is born then there will be something relevant to me on his blog sometimes. No offense to you tekkie nerds, just not my bag.

  • http://www.freepressblog.org JaredB

    Cool; it would be awesome if they built in some Illustrator / Flash integration.

    I wonder if they’re trying to compete with Microsoft for the position of the company that has the most pirated software products. I would bet that over 80% of the installed copies of Adobe’s products (and whatever the Flash studio product is called) are pirated.

  • http://scatteredthoughts.us Dan

    Still not as bad as your husband.