[Hidden-tech] Future of Dreamweaver and Flash; Move on Microsoft?

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hi Techies,

Just wondered if anybody heard any scoops on last weeks acquisition of  
Macromedia by Adobe? Perhaps some of you with prediction skills care to  
prognosticate?

Here's some links to eweek articles:

"Will Adobe Macromedia Deal Kill Competition?"
http://www.eweek.com/article2/ 
0,1759,1789283,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

"Adobe-Macromedia Deal Causes Jitters"
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1788475,00.asp

For myself, I wonder whether the two products -- Dreamweaver and GoLive  
-- will be allowed to co-exist or will be combined. That really creeps  
me out, since Dreamweaver MX is one of my bread-and-butter apps. I  
don't see LiveMotion as a true contender to outlive Flash MX. And I  
believe Illustrator will continue to exist. What also intrigues me is  
that this might be Adobe's bold move into the enterprise document  
market -- Microsoft's traditional domain.

I'd be interested in any other opinions out there.

Thanks,

Kimo Lee


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