Hell yeah, glad to see a CF Community (the community not the list) member make it big.
I wonder how Adam's doing these days. Larry Lyons wrote: > We should extend our congratulations to Kevin Lynch. > > http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9865575-39.html?tag=newsmap > > February 5, 2008 4:57 PM PST > Adobe names Macromedia exec to be CTO > Posted by Stephen Shankland > > Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch > (Credit: Adobe Systems) > > Adobe Systems brought the chief technology officer title out of retirement > Tuesday and applied it to Kevin Lynch. > > Lynch, previously chief software architect and senior vice president of > Adobe's platform business unit, joined Adobe in 2005 when it acquired > Macromedia, where he led product development. > > At Adobe, he'll lead work with Adobe's Flash Player, Flex development tools, > and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Those products are gaining in importance > at the San Jose, Calif.-based company. > > "Adobe has transformed itself through several technology waves, from desktop > publishing, to multimedia and to the Web," said Adobe's new chief executive, > Shantanu Narayen, in a statement. "Kevin's insights and passion for rich > Internet applications, and what they signify for the future of software > across operating systems and devices, will help enable the next generation of > innovation for our customers." > > Adobe last had a CTO in early 2001, when John Warnock took the title after > stepping down as chief executive, Adobe spokeswoman Katie Juran said. > > Creative Suite products such as Photoshop are a step removed from Lynch's > purview, though. "The CTO role will include core technology that spans across > our businesses, and that could include elements that become features in > future versions of our applications. But the main development for those > applications will continue to be run by the individual business units," Juran > said. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253365 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
