[thelist] Microsoft to aquire Macromedia?

Matt mspiegler at lightbulbpress.com
Wed Jan 30 11:01:01 CST 2002


Oh great. I'm an Apple addict and a Flash enthusiast. What to do??? ;)

Seth Bienek wrote:

> 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?
>
> Seth
>
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