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December 05, 2005

Adobe on developers

Adobe on developers: I'm highlighting part of the new FAQ here, after Ed Sullivan of Macromedia User Groups pointed it out. The question is "Does Adobe plan to increase its focus on developers as a result of the acquisition?" and here's the reply: "Yes. Adobe now has a large community of more than one million developers as well as an extended ecosystem of user groups, book publishers, certification programs, conferences, and trainers. Adobe will offer numerous resources, tools, and programs — including continuing all websites, tutorials, forums, and other resources formerly run separately by Macromedia and Adobe — to support and build up this community. Additionally, moving forward, developers will play a key part in the proliferation of Adobe's engagement platform for the creation and deployment of compelling, actionable applications and content to any desktop or device. Developers will be able to count on a universal client that is cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device, as well as tools and technologies that support the entire development workflow." That "engagement platform, universal client" is one theme that I've heard repeatedly from inside-the-cleanroom speakers. ("cleanroom" means that some staff did consult cross-company for planning, but few know all the pieces yet -- we'll be having a lot of meetings the next few weeks.)

Posted by John Dowdell at December 5, 2005 09:01 AM

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We've done a lot of work lately to help engage enterprise developers. We've created an entire program, the Adobe Enterprise Developer Program, that individual developers can subscribe to (similar to MSDN for Adobe Enterprise Developers). This program is very much needed and has received a lot of good internal awareness... It provides enterprise developers with access to other LiveCycle softwar that they normally wouldn't get access to, along with developer support for the solutions they build (not just product support).

That program, and the work of many has resulted in a big increase in focus on developers at Adobe lately... We're all pretty excited to be joining with Macromedia, whose focus on developers is well known.

Mike

Posted by: Mike Potter at December 5, 2005 11:03 AM