My 2
cents…
It depends on what
those in charge saw as viable reasons to buy Macromedia. If there is a
particular product(s) they are interested in (or interested in eliminating),
then that will be a factor that we probably don’t have much info on
yet.
I was a part of
one merger/acquisition a few years ago that was anything but friendly.
From the outside it was very similar – one bigger company buying a smaller
one, to become this new entity, etc. The reality of it was, the new
parent company was only interested in 1 of our products, and everything else
(and everyone else working on other things) was done away with in the coming
months. So I feel it’s really tough to tell why one company buys
another, until we actually see what their intentions are.
Has anyone else
noticed that the MM “regulars” on this list haven’t posted anything about
this topic on their blogs yet? Ben Forta made mention of the
acquisition, but did not add any additional commentary. I did just
find SOME info in Mike Chambers blog (http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/007504.cfm)
about this, but a lot of it reads like official Stockholderspeak. But
that’s all I’ve seen thus far.
Nolan
Erck
Web
Developer/Programmer
Schools Financial Credit Union
(916) 569-5409
Office
(916) 569-2024 Fax
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From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Rawlinson
Sent: Monday, April 18,
2005 9:44
AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CFCDev] A sad, sad
day
I agree with
Ryan. I personally don't think, as a CF developer, that this news
really impacts my future much.
I'm not worried at all.
First it
was Allaire, then Macromedia, next Adobe. CF will continue on as is I
am sure. Adobe has no compelling reason
to do away with it - and
only positive reasons to keep it.
It doesn't have any competing
technolgies already under the adobe umbrella - and will simply give Adobe a
entry in a new market.
Bill
On
4/18/05, Ryan
Duckworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I think that
most ColdFusion programmers / managers are overreacting to
this
announcement.
The programmers of CF 7 (BlackStone) are not likely to
be let go because
of this.
Let's suppose that I was a manager at
Adobe, I would see ColdFusion as a
great revenue stream, and I would
want to retain those programmers and
project managers that have grown the
subscriber base.
I think we as a community would be best off to be
optimistic about this
because the individuals who built CF 6 & 7 are
likely to still be in
charge of future releases.
In addition, I
think it would be in the best interest of Adobe to keep
major players
such as Ben Forta and many others actively involved in the
CF community
& releases.
Ryan Duckworth
Macromedia ColdFusion Certified
Professional
Uhlig Communications
10983 Granada
Lane
Overland Park, KS 66211
(913)
754-4272
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