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Weird, I always looked at Adobe destroying the Macromedia culture, not the other way round? Look at the Flash Player Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adob
by cjbos 17y ago
Weird, I always looked at Adobe destroying the Macromedia culture, not the other way round?
Look at the Flash Player Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player the advances through versions 5 to 8 are spaced 18 months apart and are quite major.
Once Adobe took over they shortly upgraded the VM, but the next major release (10) took over 2 years. This was almost 18 months ago, and the only advancements we see really are 10.1 changes to support mobile devices... things have slowed down considerably since Macromedia became Adobe.
Oddly enough though I was a big user of JRun (Allaire version) before it was brought out by Macromedia. Saw this product die a horrible death once Adobe brought out Macromedia as well.
- doronba 17y agoInteresting, Macromedia was geared on its flagship products to the internet, While Adobe was essentially revolving around print publications and single user PC software. In that context it makes sense that Macromedia will take the helm in a sensibility.
- jacobolus 17y agoMaybe the kind of people in charge at Adobe who wanted to buy out Macromedia have killed innovation coming from the remains of both companies?