Re: Adobe buys Macromedia? 2005-04-18 - By Andrew
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Amen. I feel the gloom, too.
AWBenson
--- In Carrara@(protected), "Bob Dawson" <dawsonbob@(protected)> wrote:
>
> This may be the most disturbing news I've heard in a long, long time.
>
> This is a case of the whole becoming greater than the some of its
> parts. Instead of two 800 pound gorilla's becoming one 1600 pound
> gorilla, you have a case where two 800 pound gorilla's become one 3200
> pound gorilla with a really bad attitude.
>
> There were only two major players in the professional graphics world:
> Adobe and Macromedia. All the other content creation programs such as
> Canvas (an excellent program, btw) or Corel are, at best, wannabies;
> they're simply footnotes. Between them, Adobe and Macromedia
> controlled perhaps 95 percent of the market.
>
> With the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe there's now only one
> player in the game. We now have a de-facto dictator in the
> professional graphics world, and that's *NOT* a good thing. Once the
> checks and balances of competition are removed, once the luxury of
> choice disappears, the graphics world becomes a very scary place.
>
> Now the only standards in the graphics world are those from Adobe, and
> they can be changed on a whim. Judging from their history, Adobe will
> not be a benevolent dictator. Without Macromedia to balance them, to
> drive them through competition, Adobe is free to do whatever it
> wants...or doesn't want.
>
> Innovation is going to slow to a crawl, prices are going to rise
> dramatically, and there's nothing you can do about it.
>
> I suspect that, once the takeover's complete, Adobe will no longer
> develop for the Mac platform. Bruce Chizen, head of Adobe, has stated
> in the past that he would rather Adobe develop for only the dominant
> platform (PeeCee/Windows). Adobe has already dropped Macintosh
> development on several applications and, I believe, the rest will soon
> follow.
>
> I find it ironic that the dominant platform for content creation, the
> platform that launched Adobe in the first place, may soon be excluded
> from that very market.
>
> I don't mean to sound like I'm preaching doom-and-gloom: it's just
> that I have been an Adobe watcher for many years (yes, I do use their
> products), and I know their style.
>
> As a Macromedia FreeHand and DreamWeaver user I view this as a very
> sad day for those of us who make our living as designers,
> illustrators, web developers, etc. The only thing I can say to the
> rest of you is be afraid; be very, very afraid, because the world
> we've known is no more. The world without choice we are now entering
> will be a very bleak place.
>
> With trepidation,
> Bob Dawson
>
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), Andrew Turner <turner410@(protected)> wrote:
> > Oh also -
> >
> > "The other companies are now standing against one 1600 lbs gorilla
> > instead of
> > two 800 lbs gorillas. There position is not improving. As supporting
> > evidence I have one word...Microsoft."
> >
> > And I have one word for you:
> >
> > Macintosh.
> >
> > :)
> >
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