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Macromedia

Macromedia, Inc. was an American graphics, multimedia, and web development software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that made products such as Flash and Dreamweaver. It was purchased by its rival Adobe Systems on December 3, 2005.

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Founded
February 25, 1992; 34 years ago (1992-02-25)
Industry
Computer software
Headquarters
San Francisco, California (incorporated under DGCL) United States
Defunct
December 3, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-12-03)
Fate
Acquired by Adobe Systems
Key people
Michael Nielsen, Co-Founder, Macromedia Marc Canter, Founder, MacroMind, Michael W. Allen Founder, Authorware Bud Colligan and Tim Mott, Co-Founders, Macromedia

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Shockwave.com

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Macromedia

Nodes83
Edges82
Triples147
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
Components1

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Macromedia

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related to Other acquisitions · 20
Macromedia → Allaire, Andromedia, Broadvision, Builder, By, CFML, ColdFusion, December, Dreamweaver, Drumbeat, Elemental Software, HomeSite, HTML, In July, It, Java EE, JRun, The, USWeb/CKS, Web
related to Shockwave.com · 20
Macromedia → AtomFilms, By, CEO Rob Burgess, December, February, Flash, Hoping, In December, In May, In October, It, Matt Stone, MTV, Sequoia Capital, Shockmachine, ShockRave, Shockwave, South Park, The, Trey Parker
related to history · 18
Macromedia → American Airlines, April, At, Authorware, Authorware Inc, Bud Colligan, CD-ROMs, CEO, Director, Hollywood, Jurassic Park, Kellogg's, Macromedia's, MacroMind, MacroMind Director, Paracomp, The Firm, Tim Mott
related to Flash · 16
Macromedia → Because, Bud Colligan, Burgess, By April, By December, CEO, Flash, Flash Player, FutureSplash Animator, FutureSplash Viewer, FutureWave Software, Internet, January, July, Macromedia Flash, Splash
related to Acquisition of FreeHand · 15
Macromedia → Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Systems, Aldus Corporation, Altsys, Altsys Corporation, Because, Federal Trade Commission, Fireworks, Fontographer, FreeHand, FreeHand's, In January, October, The, With Macromedia's
related to Dreamweaver · 9
Macromedia → At, Backstage, December, Dreamweaver, HTML, HTML-authoring, In March, Inc, Roundtrip HTML
related to Lawsuits · 9
Macromedia → Adobe, California Superior Court, In July, Macromedia's, May, On August, San Francisco, The, Web
related to Leadership · 9
Macromedia → Adobe, Altsys Corp, Betsey Nelson, Bud Colligan, Burgess, CEO, CEO James Von Ehr, Robert, Stephen Elop
related to Part of Adobe · 8
Macromedia → Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, Adobe Animate, Adobe Captivate, Adobe ColdFusionAdobe Connect, Adobe DreamweaverAdobe RoboHelp, Flash Professional, Macromedia Breeze, RoboDemo
related to Purchase by Adobe · 5
Macromedia → Adobe, Adobe Systems, December, On April, The

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adobe web flash dreamweaver company acquired software december freehand 1997 authorware shockwave products 2005 director became ceo multimedia development com

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MacromediaDefunctDecember 3, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-12-03)1.00infobox
MacromediaFateAcquired by Adobe Systems1.00infobox
MacromediaFoundedFebruary 25, 1992; 34 years ago (1992-02-25)1.00infobox
MacromediaHeadquartersSan Francisco, California (incorporated under DGCL) United States1.00infobox
MacromediaIndustryComputer software1.00infobox
MacromediaKey peopleMichael Nielsen, Co-Founder, Macromedia Marc Canter, Founder, MacroMind, Michael W. Allen Founder, Authorware Bud Colligan and Tim Mott, Co-Founders, Macromedia1.00infobox
MacromediaNumber of employees1,445 (2004)1.00infobox
MacromediaProductsMacromedia ColdFusion Macromedia Flash Macromedia Fireworks Macromedia Freehand Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Director Macromedia Authorware Macromedia Fontographer Macromed…1.00infobox
MacromediaSuccessorAdobe Systems1.00infobox
MacromediaTraded asNasdaq: MACR1.00infobox
MacromediaTypePublic1.00infobox
MacromediaWebsitemacromedia.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-12-31)1.00infobox

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