Comments on: Adobe Plus Macromedia: What’s It Mean? http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/20/adobe-plus-macromedia-whats-it-mean/ because technology is just another ecosystem Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:01:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/20/adobe-plus-macromedia-whats-it-mean/#comment-641 sogrady Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:40:07 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=410#comment-641 Christopher: excellent comment, but i don't know that firefox is the real battle. i think Macrobe's future role is going to be in authoring and platform extension, rather than as "the" platform as is the case with FF. food for thought there, though. JP: i certainly echo the concerns, but i think it would be difficult if not impossible to block the deal for antitrust reasons. Google's a shining example of the ability to route around - effectively - entrenched monopolistic positions. could someone state positively that the flash/pdf beachhead was really that unassailble? i have a tough time seeing it. Christopher: excellent comment, but i don’t know that firefox is the real battle. i think Macrobe’s future role is going to be in authoring and platform extension, rather than as “the” platform as is the case with FF. food for thought there, though.

JP: i certainly echo the concerns, but i think it would be difficult if not impossible to block the deal for antitrust reasons. Google’s a shining example of the ability to route around - effectively - entrenched monopolistic positions. could someone state positively that the flash/pdf beachhead was really that unassailble? i have a tough time seeing it.

]]> By: JP Morgenthal http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/20/adobe-plus-macromedia-whats-it-mean/#comment-640 JP Morgenthal Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:30:52 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=410#comment-640 It wreaks of monopoly and I can't believe the FTC is going to allow this merger to go through. There are no two companies that have so much footprint on the Web as these two, and letting them join basically locks out any other party from the table. Even the Microsoft is beholdent to Flash & PDF for dissemination of all multimedia materials with the exception of streaming media. It wreaks of monopoly and I can’t believe the FTC is going to allow this merger to go through. There are no two companies that have so much footprint on the Web as these two, and letting them join basically locks out any other party from the table. Even the Microsoft is beholdent to Flash & PDF for dissemination of all multimedia materials with the exception of streaming media.

]]> By: Christopher Baus http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/20/adobe-plus-macromedia-whats-it-mean/#comment-639 Christopher Baus Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:08:45 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=410#comment-639 If they are trying to make preemptive strike against Longhorn, I think they are fighting the wrong battle. The real competition in the next 5 years will be firefox, not Longhorn. These companies are all going to be fighting over a smaller and smaller market. What I think is going to happen is a lot of products will be combined and/or dropped, and there will be a lot of lay offs. They will be so distracted doing this that they will forget all about innovation, and fall into the classic mode of "cuttings costs." That never works in technology. This has been Chizen's model. When was the last time you tried a product adobe put out and thought, "Wow that's cool"? Yea it has been a long time for me as well. If they are trying to make preemptive strike against Longhorn, I think they are fighting the wrong battle. The real competition in the next 5 years will be firefox, not Longhorn. These companies are all going to be fighting over a smaller and smaller market.

What I think is going to happen is a lot of products will be combined and/or dropped, and there will be a lot of lay offs. They will be so distracted doing this that they will forget all about innovation, and fall into the classic mode of “cuttings costs.” That never works in technology.

This has been Chizen’s model. When was the last time you tried a product adobe put out and thought, “Wow that’s cool”? Yea it has been a long time for me as well.

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