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Sun, 24 Apr 2005
Verbal Acrobatics
The Daring Fireball John
Gruber interprets the gobbledyspeak coming out of Adobe's arse
regarding last weeks announced acquisition of Macromedia.
What is the mission of the combined company?Look closer at his Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Adobes FAQRegarding Their Acquisition of Macromedia for deep insight into these questions and more:
Where by complementary we mean the two leading technologies that irritate people when theyre used in lieu of regular web pages. Note that wee using PDF to serve this very FAQ in our synergistic future, perhaps well serve our FAQs in a hybrid PDF/Flash format. One can dream.
Why is Adobe acquiring Macromedia?
Dude, we just bought the only significant competitor to several of our flagship applications. We didn't buy Macromedia, we bought the market.
How many employees does Macromedia have?
Please note use of present tense.
How many employees does Adobe have?
Ditto regarding use of present tense. Please also note that PDF is an excellent format for sending out résumés.
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