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> Where a format didn’t exist, we invented one – such as with Flash and Shockwave. Cringe! Adobe bought Flash and Shockwave along with Macromedia that invente

> Where a format didn’t exist, we invented one – such as with Flash and Shockwave. Cringe! Adobe bought Flash and Shockwave along with Macromedia that invented them 10 year earlier.

favorited 9y ago
But surely "we" includes Macromedia, if Adobe itself included Macromedia after the acquisition?
- mulmen 9y ago
  That's disingenuous. Adobe didn't invent Flash, they bought the company that did. Adobe's strategy is based on them having resources to acquire, not create.
  - baby 9y ago
    This letter might have been written by one of the guy in the original Macromedia team.
- redindian75 9y ago
  Actually Macromedia didnt invent it either. A small company called "FutureSplash" had a software called FutureSplash Animator. Macromedia bought it in the late 90s
- thousande 9y ago
  The two companies kind of merged and Adobe continued to employ some of the original members from the Flash team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Lynch_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Lynch_(computing) https://daringfireball.net/2005/04/adobe_translation https://daringfireball.net/2005/04/adobe_translation