I posted earlier that there are winners and losers in these things. I've been through a lot of these upheavals, and every time, folks have said 'well he's gonna go that's for sure, and so's he, and so's she", and every time, surprises have resulted.
When they come to put these two organisations together in Australia, there will be duplications and some people will find new career paths. But you can't say just because Adobe are buying Macromedia, that they wont need any of the current MM staff. that's ridiculous to say and Peter it was wrong of you to say so. Whoever is in charge afterwards (and it won't neceessarily be the Adobe head guy) will assess all the tasks he's got to fill, and look at the total collection of people he's got to choose from. After it all settles down, there will be some Macromedia people and some Adobe people in the new combined company. Some of the Adobe people will quit, others will go, and the same with some of the Macromedia people. Probably most of the new company will be Adobe people, but it's by no means a given. After all, the new company has to promote and develop ColdFusion. Where are they going to find ColdFusion people? Macromedia isnt fat with overstaffing - they'll need almost all of those people to do the tasks that'll still need doing. It's FAR too early to make predictions about who will stay and who will go. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 4/19/05, Peter Tilbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it isn't gloating - check the press - MM have less than 10 staff in Oz > and Adobe less than 20. I reckon most of MMAusPac's better staff have > already moved on (some as far as London). > > And welcome to the real world where you get promoted and your workmates get > the boot. > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
