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"According to John Dvorak the reasoning behind Adobe's recent (and to many, surprising) purchase of Macromedia for $3.4 billion is that Adobe was afraid Microsoft was going to do it first. An interesting look at the thinking and attitude of Adobe from someone who's been following them for a long time. From TFA: "So, mostly out of fear, Adobe buys its main competitor and now must shoehorn the company into its unfortunate not-invented-here corporate culture. (This aspect of Adobe is another story in itself.)""
Because Adobe have Activites with Designers (Community)
just to control the market.
In my opinion there isn't any difference. Old versions of flash are called Macromedia. Newer versions are called Adobe. A few years ago, Adobe bought Macromedia, and since then, all new products have been called Adobe, but it's still party based on the Macromedia stuff.
May be macromedia is simply a much older version of Flash, not made with the updated TOS or Copyright.
Adobe Flash still updates: and goes to much higher heights than Macromedia. When Flash updates, alot more standards are added into it, and it's performance will be better GUARANTEED. As always, don't go with the older or worn out products. Adobe Flash is made by many more professional programmers than Macromedia flash.
to creates one of the world’s largest, most innovative and diversified software companies. the acquisition brings together of the industry’s strongest software brands and most ubiquitous technologies for creating, managing and delivering compelling content and experiences across multiple operating systems.
it's for control the market in a particular fields
It's the same of what happened when Facebook bought WhatsApp; the potential they saw in it made them acquire it to demolish the competition in this area and to enhance their services at the same time. "Catch two birds with one stone"
Probably because they feared Microsoft will buy Macromedia, hence the value of the transaction.
