One thing I see a lot of this morning is postings which roughly take this position: "Uh oh, this acquisition may mean that Flex (doesn't have | has more of | has less of) a future".
I guess I'd like to remind all of us developers (including myself) that Flex's future, while extremely promising, was in no way assured before the merger, and the situation is more or less the same now. To my mind, the most significant unknowns have to do with things other than the merger: market acceptance, the quality and maturity of Flex 2.0, what MS does... OK, now I can unburden myself of my own pet opinion ;). Personally, I don't see Adobe doing anything about Flex right now except letting its development continue. Flex only complements the rest of their offerings, and being such a young and promising product, most of where it can go lies in an upward direction. . . . . ...j choipeter wrote: > > This is indeed quite worrying as Adobe has desktop publishing and > image design tools as primary markets. Developers' products and > servers are not fitting in the strengths of Adobe. > Unless Adobe wishes to continue investing in RIA market lest it is > possible that Flex's future is at stake. > > --- In [email protected], Ketan Bengali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>Adobe and Macromedia have been competitors for quite some time and >>now both deciding to join hands it seems they are all set to rule > > the > >>Internet. >> >>With the bset of softwares for the net made by these 2 >>companies it will be interesting to watch the way the products >>will shape up in the near future and it's impact on Adobe and >>Macromedia users and the internet users too. >> >>Regards, >> >>Ketan Bengali >> >> >> >>Nate Nielsen wrote: >> >> >>>SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005--Adobe Systems >>>Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a definitive > > agreement to > >>>acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq:MACR) in an all-stock transaction > > valued at > >>>approximately $3.4 billion. >>>Crazy. >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------- > >>>*Yahoo! Groups Links* >>> >>> * To visit your group on the web, go to: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ >>> >>> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > subject=Unsubscribe> > >>> >>> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of >>> Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. >>> >>> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
