Adobe buys Macromedia

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Pete
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well well well. This is interesting
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4456895.stm

I have quite a liking for Macromedia over adobe as Dreamweaver is very fab at all the standards compliance crap and I like their "breeze" program which makes powerpoint presentations without needing powerpoint (they run in flash).

Now I was reading on one other forum a silly ill-informed post that this will lead to every website being totally flash and PDF absed. I'm not sure how the idiot in question came to that conclusion but I'm sure it will affect the net and computing in general in some way when two ubiquitous (sp) companies like these two come together.

So what do we think will happen? Will flash be integrated into PDF or will plash palyer become the new reader for PDF files therefore avoiding that horrific plugin?

Thoughts / comments / gripes / Luxton?
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Jamez
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Nooo!!

Adobe is getting to big now. It will be taking over RealPlayer soon!

They've already destroyed Cool Edit (syntrillium software) :cry:
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GJ Online
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What!!!!
That is mad, Now all there prices will be sky high for the macromedia products. :twisted:
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I do hope they don't make Macromedia's stuff like Adobe's eg stupid selecting options and annoying stuff. Cool Edit 2 is what I use, there is no big dif between it and "Audition" so i doubt i'll convert to Adobe branded macrowear. No doubt they'll just make it take 30min to load and have a huge splash screen.
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Adobe Flash, hmm

I bet fireworks is ditched for Photoshop, and Adobe Dreamweaver will probably result...
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oh i hope not. Although photoshop is more powerful fireworrks has a vastly better UI which is not only cleaner but is so much easier to use than the total mess that photoshop has.

(original post with bad spelling was typed using the XP on-screen keyboard - don't ask)
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Hymagumba wrote:oh i hhope not althouth photoshop is more powerful fireworrks has a vastly better UI which is not only cleaner but is so much easier to use than the total mess that photoshop has.
Yup. But Adobe will mate photoshop and fireworks and it'll turn into a graphic design mush.
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NO :shock:

Macromedia products are great, don't adobise them. Hopefully they will keep Macromedia as a sub-company (with it's own website and all, it's better than the Adobe shitsite).
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No products are being scrapped.
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cdd
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Don't you love the way Macromedia describes them as "joining forces" rather than being bought out.
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Pete
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Well according to the press release the Macromedia brand is to be scrapped all together :(

Morrisons / Safeway....
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