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Macromedia, which will be acquired by Adobe Systems, does not plan to change anything for developers using ColdFusion and J2EE. They are the center of the company, said Macromedia chief software architect Kevin Lynch. Macromedia's most recent update to ColdFusion, said Lynch, was the best in five years or more, and the community is strong. Lynch also suggested that he expects the combined company to keep on developing and maintaining ColdFusion and the Java application server. Discussions between the companies have been ongoing for a while, and both companies were aware of the possible takeover. The two companies see advantages in combining the power of their Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash, and Macromedia application design and development tools. They will provide advanced, robust applications supporting multiple operating systems. Customers want integrated software solutions that allow creation, management, and delivery of a broad span of impressive content and applications, including documents, images, audio, and video. Bruce Chizen, CEO of Adobe, has stated that combining robust development, authoring, and collaboration software, as well as the functionality of Portable Document Format (PDF) and Flash, gives Adobe an opportunity to provide an industry-defining technology platform.
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