My opinion piece ‘Adobe and Macromedia: bad news for online tools’, a reflection on the previous day’s announcement of the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, has been published in The Register. I observe that while Adobe has been unable to focus on the Internet its Acrobat strategy was a far-sighted play. Its print heritage and the conservatism of its corporate users has limited, and even undermined, its online activities and will have an adverse effect on Macromedia’s pioneering products.
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