[thechat] [Fwd: Re: [***list] Microsoft to aquire Macromedia?]

[David McCreath]

This conversation is happening on thelist, too. Here's one response from
an actual MM guy:

David

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I would look at the response by Matt Brown, MM's Community Manager,
posted on CF-Talk.

http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/msg77991.html

Bill Brown
Web Developer
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union

 >>> ben_dyer at imaginuity.com 1/30/02 10:00 AM >>>
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/