I've been waiting to see this article. Tim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: DOJ looking into Adobe-Macromedia deal. > > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050711-5079.html > > "The US Department of Justice has decided to take a closer look at > Adobe's acquisition of graphics rival Macromedia. Spurred by concerns > over the future of the high-end graphics and web authoring software > market once the transaction goes through, antitrust regulators have > requested additional information from the two companies. The DOJ is > especially interested in what will happen once the old GoLive vs. > Dreamweaver and Illustrator vs. Freehand competition ceases under the > suddenly larger Adobe umbrella. > > When the deal went down in April, it caught just about everybody by > surprise. The two have waged a long battle for the hearts, wallets, > and hard drives of both graphic artists and web developers for years. > While Photoshop has been the 800-pound gorilla of photo editing > software, Adobe has never been able to make much headway against > Flash. Buy Macromedia, problem solved." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164639 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
