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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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.
