Does this bode well for Linux users or not??

[Jason Greenwood]

In my experience they deserve each other. They also are both extremely 
arrogant companies that don't give a meaningful toss about Linux - 
they've said as much at the conferences I've been to. Maybe this 
consolidation will change things???

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3253581a28,00.html
Adobe to buy rival Macromedia
19 April 2005
SAN FRANCISCO: Adobe Systems Inc, maker of Acrobat document-sharing 
software and Photoshop, on Monday said it agreed to buy digital 
animation and design software company Macromedia Inc for about $US3.4 
billion ($NZ4.80 billion) in stock.