It looks like Lynch is heading to Apple. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/adobes-chief-technology-officer-headed-to-apple/2013/03/20/fa0a4302-9154-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html
Adobes chief technology officer headed to Apple By Hayley Tsukayama, Wednesday, March 20, 10:26 AM Apple is welcoming a new face to its executive fold. CNBC was the first to reportthat Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch is headed to Apple to become a vice president of technology. The CNBC report also said that Lynch will report to Apple senior vice president of technologies Bob Mansfield. Adobe reported Lynch would leave the company for other opportunities in Securities and Exchange Commission filings; Apple later confirmed Lynchs hire and position in the company to All Things Digital. News that Lynch would make the move to Apple drew a swift and dividedresponse from the dedicated community of Apple-focused bloggers, many of whom remembered Lynchs part in an older fight between Apple and Adobe over support for Flash video on Apple devices. Apples late co-founder Steve Jobs publicly criticized Flash for being crash-prone on the iPad and other mobile devices, putting his support behind another, now common, standard known as HTML5. Daring Fireballs John Gruber called Lynch a bozo, noting that the executive had penned Adobes reaction to Apples decision. Gruber was particularly critical of a point in Lynchs argument where the executive said that failing to rally around a common video standard could throw users back to the dark ages of video on the Web. That hasnt been the case, Gruber noted. Flash has continued to decline on mobile devices even Adobe stopped development on mobile Flash in favor of work on HTML5 in 2011. Gruber concluded his criticism by saying that he had a bad feeling about Lynchs hire. Others were not so harsh. Wireds Steven Levy, for example, called Lynch a star and said the executives defense of Flash was a part of his job as an Adobe employee. AppleInsiders Daniel Eran Dilgernoted that Flash was far from Lynchs only project. He has roots in making software for the Macintosh and has been credited with leading a company push to get its creative software, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, into the cloud. That, he said, proves Lynch could be a valuable support player for Apples upper-level team. Dilger noted that the reorganization that followed the departure of Apples mobile operating system lead, Scott Forstall, has left the remaining executives with a lot on their plates. Mansfield, for example, as senior vice president for Technologies, is responsible for overseeing all of Apples wireless and semiconductor teams. Lynch, Dilger said, could use his experience working with developers and managing platforms to help the company take some of the pressure off of its executive committee. According to Adobes filing, Lynch will leave the company on Friday. Adobe will not replace Lynch, the company said in a statement to The Next Web. His duties will be covered by technology business unit heads reporting to Adobes Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development Bryan Lamkin. On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57575224-37/adobe-cto-kevin-lynch-resigns-headed-for-apple/ > > "We will not be replacing the CTO position; responsibility for technology > development lies with our business unit heads under the leadership of Adobe > CEO Shantanu Narayen" > > To me, this signals Shantanu consolidating power. Look for more sweeping > and dramatic changes to the organization with the next year. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
