I just hope Adobe kills off Flash. Thats the only thing I hope for with the buyout/merger. Everything else I could care less about. TextWrangler works fine for my web development a…

Although this is a very sad day, I laughed like hell with effgee's re-branding campaig!!!

Here, I finished up the re-branding campaign ... Quote: Originally Posted by by some marketing floozie Now introducing: The all-new (speak: "re-packaged") Macrobe™ (alterna…

I'm so sad... I need to start looking for a different profession Freehand will most definatelly disappear... I doubt Dreamweaver will be spared... I have some doubts about adobe…

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium There's antitrust stuff, certainly, such that the merger must be approved before it can take place. That said, they've let some awfully sh…

Quote: Originally Posted by Link Expedia is owned by microsoft Yup and Expedia owns Hotels.com. And Hotels.com and Expedia operated under a dozen different internet book…

Expedia is owned by microsoft

Everything will one day be owned by one person LOL, look at internet hotel sites. 95% of all of them are owned by Expedia.

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani Seriously though: Is there no monopoly control for such mergers?[/i] There's antitrust stuff, certainly, such that the merger mus…

I am surprised that Adobe has the financial muscle to pull off the acquisition.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a You said it dude. thats what crossed my mind. So basically Desktop Publishing has one major player now.... insane Yep, at this rate p…

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman Microsoftization. You said it dude. thats what crossed my mind. So basically Desktop Publishing has one major player now.... insane

I have to ask: Is there anyone who is really pleased this merger is going through? (and isn't a stockholder in either company)

Quote: Originally Posted by effgee Which will (most likely) also mean ... even less competition ... even more useless bloatware ... even less innovation ... even higher prices .…

Quote: Originally Posted by Goldfinger Oh dear. Goodbye Dreamweaver, hello crappy GoLive. Or perhaps Golive will be discontinued in favor of DW.

We can only hope.

Oh dear. Goodbye Dreamweaver, hello crappy GoLive.

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac Speechless. Apple really should have bought one of them when it had the chance. I'm sure Steve Jobs is plotting something right now. Righ…

Speechless. Apple really should have bought one of them when it had the chance.

Quote: Originally Posted by effgee Which will (most likely) also mean ... even less competition ... even more useless bloatware ... even less innovation ... even higher prices .…

Microsoftization.

Quote: Originally Posted by moodymonster ... This also means that a large portion of creative apps are made by one company Which will (most likely) also mean ... even less…

bloody hell wonder what this will mean for Freehand. I've already seen some of the stuff the next Flash will do, with Adobe on board (PDF tech etc), who knows where it will go to…

Sounds like it could be a few things, personally I'd do a speed test just to make sure you're still getting a good connection, you can find one at dslreports.com or if you want a v…