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Old 26 August 2005, 09:26 AM
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"LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Shareholders late Wednesday approved Adobe Systems Inc.'s planned acquisition of Macromedia Inc., moving the companies a step closer to completing the deal, originally worth $3.4 billion.

Shareholders overwhelmingly approved the deal, with nearly all of the 75% of outstanding Adobe shares (ADBE: news, chart, profile) voted cast in favor of the combination. Of the just more than 73% of Macromedia shares voted, virtually all were cast to approve...."
Old 26 August 2005, 09:35 AM
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Adobe Coldfusion ...

doesn't really scan does it ?

They dumped most of the guys who really knew CF just after Macromedia bought Allaire ...

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Old 26 August 2005, 03:10 PM
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Lol

Adobe gets Aldus one way or another

Adobe Freehand?
Old 26 August 2005, 03:19 PM
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I'd like a version of director with some photoshop CS quality layers and design tools
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Doesn't bode well for SVG. Adobe were about the only people who made a decent viewer, but it was a competitor for flash so I doubt they'll continue developing it
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