On April 18, 2005 Adobe announced the acquire of Macromedia. Something like $3.4 billion were involved on this business.

At that time Macromedia community had entered in panic, probably it would be the end of some Macromedia products, the buss was all around Flash. Could Adobe just deprecate Flash, Dremweaver etc etc?

Now 2+ years later do you feel that after all, the acquire was good for Macromedia, Flash and all the community from both sides?

Vote and give your opinion by commenting.

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the completion of its acquisition of Macromedia, Inc.

Read the press release here

Macromedia.com is slightly different now…

All our answer´s and doubts will be clear now.

Take a look at the Press Release.

Macromedia, and Limelight Networks today announced the immediate availability of Limelight MediaEdge Streaming for Macromedia Flash. The service enables scalable Flash media streaming on the advanced Limelight content delivery network and leverages the new Macromedia Flash Media Server 2.

Press Release here.

Macromedia today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mobile Innovation, a leading user interface (UI) designer, developer, and integrator for mobile devices.

Read full article here.

Macromedia, today announced that this week’s shipment of the Macromedia Flash enabled iriver U10 Series devices now opens a new opportunity for Flash developers to bring engaging content to the latest consumer electronics on the Flash Platform.

Press release.

Macromedia, today announced the winners of the 2005 MAX Awards, which recognize the top digital experiences built with Macromedia technology.

For more information on 2005 MAX Awards finalists and winners, please visit: http://www.macromedia.com/go/maxwinners.

The winners, by category, are:

Advertising and Branding Experience
- Royal Caribbean International – Freedom of the Seas Microsite

Business Experience
- SAP – SAP Analytics

Customer-Facing Experience
- Converse – Converse One

Education and Non-Profit Experiences
- University of Texas, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources – Trajectory Tool

eLearning Experience
- BMW AG – MINI World Challenge

Government Experience
- Airservices Australia – Flying Around

Media, Entertainment, and Gaming Experiences
- New Line Cinema – Crash This Trailer

Mobile Experience
- Dolce & Gabbana – D&G For Realovers

2005 MAX Special Achievement Award
- Tian Tian

Agreement enables new growth of mobile development opportunities worldwide.

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Macromedia Press, an imprint of Peachpit, announced today the Official Macromedia Documentation guides for Studio 8 products, authored by members of the Instructional Media Development team at Macromedia.

Full article & books offered here.

Macromedia, today announced Macromedia Labs, a new site on macromedia.com for developers to download early versions of Macromedia technologies, share feedback and insight, and help shape the direction of new products and technologies.

Press release.

# Mercury Application Delivery products will integrate with and support Macromedia Flex 2 product line

# New relationship helps development teams optimize the quality and performance of rich Internet applications

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Adobe Systems Incorporated and Macromedia, today announced they have received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for Adobe’s proposed acquisition of Macromedia.

Press Release here.

Macromedia, today announced the Macromedia Flex 2 product line and Macromedia Flash Player 8.5, the foundation for building effective rich Internet applications that blend the responsiveness of desktop software, the cross-platform reach of the web, and the breathtaking expressiveness of the Macromedia Flash Platform.

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Macromedia, today announced the availability of the Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Updater, a free, incremental release adding new platform support for Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” and Mac OS X Server 10.4 “Tiger”, plus updated support for Oracle 10g, Red Hat Linux AS 4, Solaris 10, and IBM WebSphere 5 Network Deployment.

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Macromedia, today announced that the award-winning voice products of embedded voice communications provider SPIRIT DSP have been integrated into Macromedia Breeze 5, ensuring superior voice quality for the web conferencing communications and collaboration solution based on Macromedia Flash.

Press release here.

Following its success with mobile operators, Macromedia, today announced that Cisco Systems, has licensed components of the Macromedia Flash Platform and Macromedia Breeze to integrate Flash-based web conferencing into Cisco’s portfolio of unified communications and conferencing solutions.

Press reelase here.

Macromedia, today announced the integration of the Macromedia Breeze web conferencing solution with the Avaya Meeting Exchange audio conferencing solution, giving enterprises and service providers an integrated conferencing solution for on-premise or in-network installation.

Press release here.

Macromedia, today announced the immediate availability of Macromedia Studio 8, the essential suite for web designers, developers, video professionals, and graphic artists to design, develop, and maintain interactive online experiences.

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Macromedia, Scene7 today announced a strategic reseller and OEM alliance. Under the terms of the agreement, Scene7 will integrate the Macromedia Flex presentation server into Scene7’s single, integrated platform for rich media, and also become a sales channel for Macromedia Flex worldwide.

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