I am probably the last person to write about it, though I’ve known since this morning that Macromedia has been purchased by Adobe.

I’m not particularly fond of the idea, and the stock market seems to agree with me, albeit in the opposite direction.

I think this is a great move for Adobe. I’ve always thought that Macromedia is a company to take seriously and one that will make a mark on our ever changing technology world. With Flash on mobile phones dishing out everything from user interface to compact video, there really isn’t a downside to Macromedia’s product offering.

I fail to see what this does for Macromedia. I see Adobe as a bigger, slower opponent that doesn’t bring much to the table.

They do appear to be a good fit per se, because they can offer developers the ability to present their wares over a wide range of mediums, but Macromedia was in a much better position to capitalize and watch their medium (the Rich Internet medium) take off.

I’m not sold on the deal even though my MACR stock has done quite well today. I’m having nightmares of a bloated, lumbering new version of Flash that has all of the things which makes Acrobat Reader so putrid and none of what makes Flash so delicious.

We shall see.

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