On: “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash ...

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But surely "we" includes Macromedia, if Adobe itself included Macromedia after the acquisition?

[redindian75 → favorited]

Actually Macromedia didnt invent it either. A small company called "FutureSplash" had a software called FutureSplash Animator. Macromedia bought it in the late 90s

[thousande → favorited]

The two companies kind of merged and Adobe continued to employ some of the original members from the Flash team

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Lynch_(computing)

https://daringfireball.net/2005/04/adobe_translation

[mulmen → favorited]

That's disingenuous. Adobe didn't invent Flash, they bought the company that did. Adobe's strategy is based on them having resources to acquire, not create.

[baby → mulmen]

This letter might have been written by one of the guy in the original Macromedia team.