Overall, this is a very good thing. Adobe had a chance to really bring SVG into the mainstream back in 1999 when they introduced LiveMotion (http://en.wikipedi

Overall, this is a very good thing. Adobe had a chance to really bring SVG into the mainstream back in 1999 when they introduced LiveMotion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_LiveMotion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_LiveMotion) but they failed to include SVG support. They were still focused on proprietary standards and were clearly envious of Flash. At it's heart, Adobe is a tools company. Regardless of whether or not they wanted to embrace SVG and Canvas, the fact that they are now building tools to support these standards will only make them more accessible to many more developers and non-programmers.