In Other Buyout News...

[thecreeper]

Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html)
Adobe has bought Macromedia for $3.4 billion. They will now be called Adobe Systems Incorporated. The company said in a statement:

"The combination of Adobe and Macromedia strengthens our mission of helping people and organizations communicate better. Through the combination of our powerful development, authoring and collaboration tools

[raublekick]

Hopefully it will be. Hopefully it won't be an excuse to charge even more. Photoshop ($600) + Fireworks ($150) = logically a combined price of $750!

[thecreeper]

yeah seriously, the shit is expensive enough as it is.

i would love to own a current copy of that stuff though. my versions feel a little dated (like circa 2001-2002).

[raublekick]

honestly, thegimp is the best photo software i've used, and it's free. in minutes i was doing everything i use photoshop for, and it's much easier to use. only problem is it's a little complicated to install on windows.

[sharkz]

i have always found the gimp to be a pain in the ass even under linux.

and wow. wasn't expecting that one.

[Jesse]

Good. Glad to see it.

I think it'd be interesting to see what Adobe does with Fireworks. And maybe something with Dreamweaver.