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Flashpoint for Adobe in Macromedia purchase

April 18, 2005 Takeover aims to stave off threats from Microsoft and open standards, but gets mixed reaction from developers and designers. TAGS: open standard, Macromedia Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., threat, developer, Microsoft Corp.

Fix in for 'critical' Flash player flaws

March 14, 2006 Adobe releases patches for Macromedia's Flash Player, used to view Web video clips, and its Breeze Meeting conferencing tool. TAGS: Flash Player, Macromedia Inc., flaw, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., security

Microsoft and Adobe to square off?

June 20, 2005 In digital documents, Web applications and image editing, Adobe has a healthy head start. But Microsoft is making some noise. TAGS: Macromedia Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Longhorn, web-based application, graphic design, image-editing, threat, document, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Adobe to put patches on a schedule

December 14, 2005 Fixes for PDF file reader and Flash player will be released on set dates so customers can prepare for them. TAGS: Adobe Systems Inc., schedule, Oracle Corp., Macromedia Inc., patch management, security, Microsoft Corp.

Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion

April 18, 2005 Document publishing giant looks to multimedia content as the next step in building its software empire. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Macromedia Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., multimedia, merger, shareholder, Adobe PDF, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Adobe under construction

August 29, 2005 newsmaker CEO Bruce Chizen talks up the impending merger with Macromedia and what comes next for Flash. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Macromedia Inc., merger, Newsmaker, Adobe Systems Inc., acquisition, Novell Inc., Adobe PDF, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Macromedia, Adobe make peace for bigger fight

April 18, 2005 Software makers join forces in $3.4 billion pact to stave off larger threats from both Microsoft and open standards. TAGS: Macromedia Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Web application, open standard, acquisition, Microsoft Longhorn, battle, Adobe PDF, software company, platform, multimedia, CEO, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Windows

As Flash turns 10, Adobe looks ahead

August 8, 2006 The Web technology outlasted its 1990s rivals. Can it do as well in the new Internet video era? Video: What's next for Flash? TAGS: Kevin Lynch, Macromedia Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., ecosystem, Web application, developer, Netscape Communications Corp., YouTube, Web browser, video, Microsoft Corp.

Adobe sees its future on the Web

March 5, 2007 Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Photobucket, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Inc., Google Picasa, acquisition, Google Inc., CEO, video, brand, Microsoft Corp.

It's Adobe's game to lose, CEO says

March 6, 2007 Bruce Chizen discusses open source, the importance of video and increasing competition from the likes of Google. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Inc., business process, surprise, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Acrobat Reader, CEO, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., video, Microsoft Windows XP

Bruce Chizen on past and prospects

November 13, 2007 With digital information exploding, Adobe's outgoing CEO sees lots of upside and room for innovation on the desktop and the Web. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Adobe Systems Inc., dream, PostScript, CEO, Macromedia Inc., platform, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Chizen: Friends, foes and China

November 9, 2005 newsmaker The big, burgeoning Asian nation is much on the mind of Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen. Then there's the little matters of Apple and Microsoft. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, B2C, rights-management, China, B2B, Newsmaker, intellectual property, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Inc., CEO, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp.
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