Adobe buys Macromedia
April 18, 2005
I just hit the front page on Arstechnica this morning and saw a news blurb about Macromedia being bought up by Adobe. In a way i am concerned about what Adobe is going to do with Macromedia’s IP. They are both direct competitors and i personally i always prefered to use Macromedia’s tools over to Adobe’s for most of the web stuff i work on.
I am going to agree with what Clint says in the article…
Macromedia’s web development titles like Contribute, Authorware and Coldfusion that have no clear competitors at Adobe will probably find a nice home there. As for Macromedia’s creative content catalog, I’d guess that Adobe might push for those products to become consumer-level graphics applications and use that positioning to elevate the Adobe product line to a more exalted “professional” status.
As far as price goes and from what i seen the Macromedia stuff costs so much less then the Adobe couterpart. Which is good for small shops and people who want that kind of software but cant afford the price tag.
But looks like we will have to see what happens and how badly Adobe will screw this up.
