Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/18

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Adobe buys Macromedia
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon Apr 18 18:20:55 2005

On 4/18/05 2:33 AM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> typed:

> Completely OT but this might interest some of us:
> 
> We're going to see a new software monopol company in the graphic, print and
> web publishing sectore: Adobe buys Macromedia
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html


I'm glad because I'm an Adobe kind of guy from Day one with the CS Suite
which cost as much as an M6 and having built my website with Adobe's GoLive
which is now in that suite instead of the prevailing ubiquitous Macromedias
Dreamweaver which everyone in the world except for me does their site with.

I'm sorry but there's no way I'm going to use software called "Dreamweaver"
no matter how good it is and how many people use it.

I hated that song. 
And it's in my head right now and I wont be able to shake it for at least
five minutes.
Worse than fingernails on the blackboard.

And also don't like the name "Macromedia" which sounds like a dozen other
software companies I've invested in their software and were here today gone
tomorrow leaving me stranded.

Give me "Adobe" anyday.
Command D for "place". And so on.
Red.
A consistent interface. I'm going to paint my house those colors.

I'm bearing through the new "classroom in a box" for the new GoLive CS so I
can absorb CCS or CSS and get my website looking good. The fonts and all.
Already I've got a leg up on rollovers which have taken over all half decent
websites, templates and putting movies in at will.
Domination of the universe seems immanent.

There is no GoLive CS Bible all there is is the classroom thing.
And no documentation.
They stole that idea from Bill Gates.
Save paper yea right.

I'm planning on taking a course in Illustrator and am loving InDesign which
is the key I think to electronic publishing. PDF's and all. As well as paper
publishing. Which is also good.
I'm going to get a postscript thing for my printer.

Go Adobe!
What a little sun-dried, unburned bricks of clay and straw will do!


Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/





Replies: Reply from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] OT: Adobe buys Macromedia)
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In reply to: Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] OT: Adobe buys Macromedia)