Excerpts from jms during the pitch...
"See, it takes place on this space station..."
"And we can introduce a small battle cruiser so the crew can visit other destinations..."
"And we'll use a five year story arc... SEVEN, if you're serious about syndication."
Actually, all kidding aside, Hollyweird is a huge money magnet with executives thinking they can add creative influence to scripts, manage shows/projects and play God with projects that people might actually enjoy, if it wasn't for how their eggs were runny that morning, and the p!ssy mood made them decide to skip meetings, and a great pitch/show fell through as a result...
Oops, I need to get back on track here.
Anyways, God Bless jms for a.) turning down "Enterprise" (lost cause, imo); b.) wanting to pitch his vision.
"Star Trek" (in general) deserves better, since before that Voyager dreck...
I've been using Dreamweaver since Macromedia made version 1.0 (in beta) in the 1990s. I rarely use it nowadays, although it has various time-saving advantages from time to time. I agree with your analysis.;)
(On a side note, while Dreamweaver hasn't lived up to it's full potential, I prefer it *anyday* over Adobe's GoLive, Microsoft's FrontPage, etc.)
Me, I use Dreamweaver, Director, Flash (although I'm moreso a Live Motion user of Flash), Freehand (which I actually prefer over Adobe's Illustrator) and Cold Fusion, depending on client needs. I used to use Authorware on occasion, but Director fulfills those needs now. I also used to use Fireworks until Adobe's ImageReady finally matured.
Macromedia (and Adobe) have a such potential to make additional profits by releasing Linux-based products. (In Adobe's case, particularly. I think the release of Photoshop for Linux, if/when it happens, will be THE defining moment for commercial software vendors to say "more commercial apps for Linux!") It baffles the mind that they don't see Linux as a platform of choice by many users. Maybe they're beholden to contractual obligations by M$ or Apple which prevent them from expanding into that space, or their development $$ can't justify such a move (ie. the pains that Corel experienced over Linux), or they're plain ignorant (which isn't uncommon, imho).
There are only two major reasons I'm not using Linux 100% of the time:
1.) Adobe's products
2.) Macromedia's products
While NVU (thanks to Lindows) may eventually solve my lack of DreamWeaver on Linux platform (for WYSIWYG web dev), I cannot give up Windows or Mac until Macromedia and (specifically) Adobe ports their products to the Linux platform.
Everyone has different software needs. This is what I need. So, when I hear that Windows is launching "Sparkle" as a Flash-killer, I'm NOT shedding any tears. Macromedia and other software companies need to get themselves into Linux software releases.
Sure, Mono will bring some aspect of "Sparkle" to Linux/UNIX desktops via Mono's.NET usage. It probably won't be as powerful as the Windows version (don't know, tho, so I can't substantiate that); it won't be true open source; and *maybe* there is likely some licensing snag waiting to be used to Microsoft's advantage if Mono gets successful (ie. licensing $$ for M$).
This makes me think about.doc as a word processing standard, instead of.sxw (StarOffice, OpenOffice). ".swf" has a limited life span unless Macromedia starts getting its software ported to Linux -- and pushes hard for greater adoption. Riding the wave of a 95% desktop market share is stupid; they need to get aggressive.
It makes me wonder if Microsoft was actually trying to acquire Macromedia a few months ago... and the work on "Sparkle" is the reason why it didn't happen.
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Excerpts from jms during the pitch... "See, it takes place on this space station..." "And we can introduce a small battle cruiser so the crew can visit other destinations..." "And we'll use a five year story arc... SEVEN, if you're serious about syndication." Actually, all kidding aside, Hollyweird is a huge money magnet with executives thinking they can add creative influence to scripts, manage shows/projects and play God with projects that people might actually enjoy, if it wasn't for how their eggs were runny that morning, and the p!ssy mood made them decide to skip meetings, and a great pitch/show fell through as a result... Oops, I need to get back on track here. Anyways, God Bless jms for a.) turning down "Enterprise" (lost cause, imo); b.) wanting to pitch his vision. "Star Trek" (in general) deserves better, since before that Voyager dreck...
(On a side note, while Dreamweaver hasn't lived up to it's full potential, I prefer it *anyday* over Adobe's GoLive, Microsoft's FrontPage, etc.)
Me, I use Dreamweaver, Director, Flash (although I'm moreso a Live Motion user of Flash), Freehand (which I actually prefer over Adobe's Illustrator) and Cold Fusion, depending on client needs. I used to use Authorware on occasion, but Director fulfills those needs now. I also used to use Fireworks until Adobe's ImageReady finally matured.
Macromedia (and Adobe) have a such potential to make additional profits by releasing Linux-based products. (In Adobe's case, particularly. I think the release of Photoshop for Linux, if/when it happens, will be THE defining moment for commercial software vendors to say "more commercial apps for Linux!") It baffles the mind that they don't see Linux as a platform of choice by many users. Maybe they're beholden to contractual obligations by M$ or Apple which prevent them from expanding into that space, or their development $$ can't justify such a move (ie. the pains that Corel experienced over Linux), or they're plain ignorant (which isn't uncommon, imho).
1.) Adobe's products
2.) Macromedia's products
While NVU (thanks to Lindows) may eventually solve my lack of DreamWeaver on Linux platform (for WYSIWYG web dev), I cannot give up Windows or Mac until Macromedia and (specifically) Adobe ports their products to the Linux platform.
Everyone has different software needs. This is what I need. So, when I hear that Windows is launching "Sparkle" as a Flash-killer, I'm NOT shedding any tears. Macromedia and other software companies need to get themselves into Linux software releases.
Sure, Mono will bring some aspect of "Sparkle" to Linux/UNIX desktops via Mono's .NET usage. It probably won't be as powerful as the Windows version (don't know, tho, so I can't substantiate that); it won't be true open source; and *maybe* there is likely some licensing snag waiting to be used to Microsoft's advantage if Mono gets successful (ie. licensing $$ for M$).
This makes me think about .doc as a word processing standard, instead of .sxw (StarOffice, OpenOffice). ".swf" has a limited life span unless Macromedia starts getting its software ported to Linux -- and pushes hard for greater adoption. Riding the wave of a 95% desktop market share is stupid; they need to get aggressive.
It makes me wonder if Microsoft was actually trying to acquire Macromedia a few months ago... and the work on "Sparkle" is the reason why it didn't happen.
C'mon Macromedia (and Adobe): Go Linux!