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Macromedia

Macromedia, Inc., was an American graphics, multimedia, and web development software company (1992–2005) 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.[3]

Company type

Public

Nasdaq: MACR

Computer software

February 25, 1992 (1992-02-25)[1]

December 3, 2005 (2005-12-03)

Acquired by Adobe Systems[2]

Adobe Systems, Inc.

San Francisco, California
(incorporated under DGCL)
United States

Michael Nielsen, Co-Founder, MacroMind
Marc Canter, Founder, MacroMind,
Michael W. Allen Founder, Authorware
Bud Colligan and Tim Mott, Co-Founders, Macromedia

Macromedia ColdFusion
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Freehand
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Director
Macromedia Authorware
Macromedia Fontographer
Macromedia Sitespring

1,445 (2004)

www.macromedia.com (archived Dec 31, 2005)

1992: Bud Colligan became co-founder and CEO of Macromedia, a position he held until 1997; he served as board chairman 1992–1998.

[16]

1994: Altsys Corp and CEO James Von Ehr became a Macromedia vice-president, a position he held until 1997.

[4]

1996: was hired as President of Macromedia, and became CEO in 1997, a position he held until 2005; he served as Board Chairman 1998–2005, a position he held when the company was acquired by Adobe.[17][18]

Robert K. Burgess

1997: Betsey Nelson became Chief Financial Officer, a position she held until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe.

[19]

2004: became Chief Operating Officer.[20]

Stephen Elop

2005: Stephen Elop had been CEO for three months when Macromedia announced it would be acquired by Adobe.

[21]

(formerly RoboDemo)

Adobe Captivate

Adobe ColdFusion

(formerly Macromedia Breeze, Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro)

Adobe Connect

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Flash

Adobe Animate

Adobe RoboHelp

Macromedia software

Adobe - Stories

Adobe Feeds Weblogs