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Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:42 PM

Marc on Macromedia

"...here goes Macromedia again trying ot jump start their own ecosystem. Haven’t they learned by now? Nobody wants to hang out with slimeballs? Does anybody remember Grand Cenral or their earlier attempts at capturing and locking up a content...
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:54 AM

Macromedia Central: A Complete Failure?

It's been out for years now. Guess what, on the official central page, you can chose from a vast array of 22 central applications now (including the ones Macromedia released back in 2003), the last of which was made available over a year ago. This...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 1:50 AM

VOIP: Coming to a Flash Player Near You

Via JD : "Over the last couple of weeks, Adobe’s Voice over IP plans for Flash have been leaking out with regularity, as Adobe representatives met with companies at VON. Today’s feature on GigaOm is a nice summary." [1] Interesting...
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Friday, September 15, 2006 11:14 PM

On2 can shove it. At least H.263 doesn't cost an arm and a leg (Flash Video)

On2, the guys behind the latest video codec in Flash, are celebrating some live streaming stuff. I agree, the codec is nice. What isn't nice is the rediculous licensing costs to use the codec. Note to Macromedia/Adobe: if you are going to try to make...
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:18 PM

The Adobization of Macromedia Begins

Captivate 2 has been announced. Looks like price will jump from $100 to $599. Sweet! [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/?promoid=pr_captivateannounce_100404
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Monday, June 19, 2006 5:53 PM

Business Week on Elop

Via JD : "In January, Stephen Elop sat on a chair in a plush conference room and talked about his decision to sell Macromedia to Adobe ( ADBE ). He was calm and jovial, describing the process of Adobe Chief Executive Bruce Chizen "courting" him. Elop...
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Friday, June 16, 2006 4:53 AM

Adobe Earnings Down, Macromedia's CEO Gets the Boot

In today's non-Microsoft related news: Adobe missed earnings by a bit and adjusted projections downward: [1] http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200606/Q206Earnings.html Shortly after being made President of Worldwide operations, Macromedia...
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