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Subject:Re: Why should I be worried about the merger? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:58:38 -0700 (PDT)
I didn't say that...I responded to the one who did.
--- quills -at- airmail -dot- net wrote:
>
> At 2:30 PM -0700 4/18/05, John Posada wrote:
> > > I honestly don't see a good or bad outcome at this time. If
> > > one product falls, another will be there as a replacement.
> > > And, there are plenty of tools outside the Adobe and
> > > Macromedia circles as well.
>
> "Be afraid, very afraid." The usualy process when a company is
> acquired by another is that the acquired company's products are
> orphaned. That is usually why a company will purchase a competitor.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built
the Titanic.? - Dave Barry
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