I know it's stupid -- it's a *company* for goodness sake -- but reading the Adobe press release on the close of the Adobe/Macromedia acquisition tomorrow has left me feeling somewhat melancholic. Macromedia has been -- both directly and indirectly -- a very a big part of my life for the past six-or-so years. I've met some amazing people, both from within the company and from the Flash community and have been heavily involved in quite a few community projects, including my latest work, coordinating OSFlash.org.

It's a testament to the vision of certain key people at Macromedia that we have such a strong community and that there are so many sad farewells scattered around the blogosphere today. I can only hope that this focus will continue under Adobe as Adobe definitely needs to alter its cold corporate image if it is to capture the imaginations and hearts of the vibrant communities that exist around key Macromedia technologies.

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