[flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Nate Nielsen
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

Re: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Ketan Bengali
Just can't think of anything to comment on this. 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

RE: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Dirk Eismann
. Dirk. -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ketan Bengali Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:29 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia Just can't think of anything to comment

RE: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
: RE: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia After reading and browsing Adobe's site (the first time ever in my life actually :) I understand they've got some big size server solutions in their product portfolio - I hope Flex fits in there. Also, Adobe is a SVG supporter - I wonder what

Re: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Andrew Muller
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia Just can't think of anything to comment on this. Regards, Ketan Bengali Nate Nielsen wrote: SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005--Adobe Systems

Re: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Ketan Bengali
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

Re: [flexcoders] Adobe aquires Macromedia

2005-04-18 Thread Tarik Ahmed
Ya totally. Though there's a way to go; MM and Adobe have to get past a shareholders vote, and regulatory approvals, etc... I'm not sure how I feel about this move. I like both companies; they both make excellent products. But almost every company I've worked at got bought by another