```json
{
    "title": "Adobe Buys Macromedia: Bullshit and Dinosaurs",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/04/18/adobe-buys-macromedia-bullshit-and-dinosaurs/",
    "datePublished": "2005-04-18",
    "dateModified": "2005-04-18",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Kottke has a great summary of the links for the Adobomedia/Macrodobe story here. In my opinion, this quote sums up what is wrong with this merger. The combination of Adobe…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Adobe Buys Macromedia: Bullshit and Dinosaurs

> The combination of Adobe and Macromedia strengthens our mission of helping people and organizations communicate better. Through the combination of our powerful development, authoring and collaboration tools – and the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash – we have the opportunity to drive an industry-defining technology platform that delivers compelling, rich content and applications across a wide range of devices and operating systems. [[here](http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html)]