hmm i wonder how Photoshop + FLASH IDE will play a role. I also wonder how products like CENTRAL will fit into the evil plans I also wonder how products like Flash and Adobe Premier pan out.
I also wonder how i'll be able to keep this fake i'm-really-a-hack-programmer-facade up for much longer..oh wait, Adobe just bought MM *dusts off his desktop publishing skills* finally, some credability in the workforce. i'm bored. On 4/20/05, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will be interesting to see if and how the licensing changes, especially with > the new server products being released. I remember the whoha when MM took > over Allaire and the way the partner programs changed. Will be interesting > to see how much of it they will honour if the merger comes through. Prime > example i see would be the product subscriptions. I am about to but CF7 ENT > for my hosting business and am now in 2 minds if i really want to. I am > sure development will continue, but my concern is whether to buy the > subscriptions or not. Thats 2yrs of upgrades that Adobe will have to commit > to, other wise its over 2k down the tube. > > Will also be interesting to see if the exchange programs comtinue, and on > another level if the certification programs will continue. > > In an industry like this, i really believe that share holders mean squat. I > mean, seriously. I understand the finincial input buy share holders, but if > we as developers and users of the products don't like what is happening, > then we will stop using the software, no doubt. I know I will. > > In the end we are the ones that put worth into a product by using it. As a > business decision to use the products or not, in some ways we wont have a > chioce with it come to the tools side of things, but at the same time we can > code in note pad if we really have to. But what we use to design our > applications has no bearing on what we use to deploy them. > > I personally think its a selfish act on behalf of MM to go through with > this. We developers have been an intrigate part of the developemt of these > products and tools through our open feedback and support in developing > applications using these products, and to see them die off in a merger, > quite frankly is a kick in the teeth, especially when they are as strong as > they are in their own space. > > As they say, money talks...........bull s**t walks > > Steve > > > --- > 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/ > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com http://www.flexcoder.com (Coming Soon) --- 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/
