A scary move.
Adobe+Macromedia is a scary (scary) thing. Adobe is the principle player in the print market, playing around a little in web development technologies. Macromedia is the principle player in the web development market, playing around a little in print technologies.
This morning Adobe made a move to acquire Macromedia. This concerns me on an alarming level as an objective and involved individual in the technology community.
I’ve never been a fan of mergers on the highest level. And, predominantly they tend to stifle innovation throughout entire industries (case in point: Microsoft). This one really worries me. And, it should worry you too. Many of the top web professionals love and revered Macromedia products as the standard. Period.
This could be either good or bad depending on what Adobe chooses to do with key parts of the Macromedia product line. I suggest they leave the Dreamweaver/Fireworks/Flash line alone. If they, say, shut it down in favor of the far inferior GoLive, they’ll have angry mobs with pitchforks in San Jose.
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