# Adobe's buying macromedia for $3.4B

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**Created:** [April 18, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobes-buying-macromedia-for-3-4b/144929 "2005-04-18T16:26:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![salmoriarty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@salmoriarty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salmoriarty)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobes-buying-macromedia-for-3-4b/144929/1 "2005-04-18T16:26:57Z")

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here’s the link:  
[http://news.com.com/Adobe+to+buy+Macromedia+for+3.4+billion/2100-1014\_3-5674501.html?tag=nefd.lede](http://news.com.com/Adobe+to+buy+Macromedia+for+3.4+billion/2100-1014_3-5674501.html?tag=nefd.lede)

from the article:

> The all-stock deal, announced Monday, is designed to create a better-stocked source of tools for building and distributing multimedia content across a range of operating systems and devices, the companies said.

my friends and i think that dreamweaver will replace goLive. illustrator over freehand. photoshop/imageready over fireworks.

from what i can tell, adobe wanted flash. the probably would integrate pdf into it.

what does everybody else think?