Hmmm. I don't think that it should surprise any of us that there have been
recent layoffs at Allaire. There have been two rounds of layoffs at many of
the large consulting and tech firms in the last three months. Moreover,
Macromedia is a publicly traded company and has most likely fully disclosed
any information regarding the 'down sizing' of their staff.
I would be surprised if Spectra was discontinued, but I would be even more
surprised to see a Spectra product left unchanged by the merger. Adaptation
is important, and both Allaire and Macromedia came to the table with lots to
offer. Imagine the power of UltraDev and CFStudio combined into one product.
In short (too late) who cares if the tools change as long as they are good
and accomplish what our clients need?
- Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steven P. Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 3:56 PM
To: Spectra-Talk
Subject: RE: Discontinuation of Spectra????
I'm not trying to continue rumors just asking the community if anyone has
heard anything to confirm or deny what I heard from a "downsized" Account
Manager. It seems strange to me a merged company Macromedia/Allaire would
have 2 commerce and content management systems (Spectra 1.5 and Project
Whirlwind) and fund another content management company (Macromedia Ventures
- Context Media). Hence I am just looking for some facts and some direction
from the company before I spend time and money traveling down the lines of
what could be a dead product.
Please let me know if anyone has heard anything beyond what I have.
For those interested in Macromedia's recorded content management efforts see
below.
- Steven Johnson
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Chairman's Letter to Shareholders:
" In October 1999, Macromedia announced its intent to provide a solution to
manage Web content-an arduous task as sites continue to evolve to meet the
needs of e-commerce and e-business. And that's where Project Whirlwind
enters the picture. Project Whirlwind is a set of initiatives for the future
targeted at developing a site production platform for enabling content
contribution and management, production management, verification and
deployment. Based on an open architecture, Project Whirlwind is being
designed to work with existing enterprise infrastructures, handle
next-generation Web requirements, and integrate seamlessly with leading
front-end Macromedia Web authoring solutions."
source:
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/macr/year/chair_msg_text4_fla.html
Dreamweaver Content Management Tech Note:
"Macromedia has announced Project Whirlwind, a set of initatives designed to
address version-control issues more deeply. At this time (October 2000),
there is little published detail about the implementations yet, but the
below links provide the most current information:
Macromedia - MACR investor : The year - Letter to shareholders
Macromedia - Press room: MACROMEDIA ANNOUNCES STRATEGY FOR BUILDING
eBUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Macromedia - Press room: MACROMEDIA AND USWeb/CKS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC
ALLIANCE
Macromedia - Press room : Documentum and Macromedia partner to deliver
highly integrated e-business solutions for content personalization
Macromedia - Press room : Macromedia delivers e-business solutions at
Internet World
Macromedia - Press room: MACROMEDIA AND BROADVISION ANNOUNCE BROADVISION'S
ENDORSEMENT OF MACROMEDIA'S eBUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Macromedia - Press room : Press contacts "
source:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/dw_and_cms.htm
Macromedia Ventures - Company Overview - Context Media
"Company Overview
Context Media, Inc. helps media companies create, manage, and distribute
their content in a way that helps reduce costs while opening new revenue
opportunities for existing content assets. Using Context Media services and
technologies, content providers are able to create a unified strategy for
their content assets, making them go farther and do more than ever before.. "
Source:
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ventures/partners/contextmedia.html
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