[thelist] Microsoft to aquire Macromedia?
Ben Dyer
ben_dyer at imaginuity.com
Wed Jan 30 11:00:01 CST 2002
On 10:42 AM 1/30/2002, Seth Bienek said to me:
>Not to be alarmist or anything, but... Anyone had a look at
>http://www.f---edcompany.com this morning?
>
>"Big rumors abound in Macromedia land... word is the company is in dire
>straights and that discussions between Macromedia and Microsoft are in the
>works. Acquisition? Possibly... probably just Flash, DreamWeaver, and
>UltraDev -- and in the meanwhile, kill off MS ASP competitor (not really)
>ColdFusion. Who knows about FreeHand and Director... Layoffs imminent."
>
>Not sure what the source of his info is.. Anyone got the scoop on this?
Source seems to be some posts on a Yahoo! message board about MACR. No
news organizations have picked up on it, however.
<http://messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=4688149&tid=macr&sid=4688149&mid=25753>
I'd take the "news" with a considerable grain of salt.
But, OTOH, would I put it past Microsoft to buy them or Macromedia to sell
out? Nope.
Might be good news for Adobe, though. If Microsoft *were* to buy
Macromedia and they started tinkering with their products (as they always
do), it could be a boon for GoLive and Illustrator...
Anyways, it's all random speculation until we get a yea or nay.
--Ben
Ben Dyer, Senior Internet Developer, Imaginuity Interactive
http://www.imaginuity.com/
If you save the world too often, it begins to expect it.
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