More Flash Brings More Light

In summary, the credence and muscle being put behind the rollout of Flex, the new Flash Media servers, and even Flash itself make one pause and wonder if Bruce Chizen’s departure from Adobe—and the rise of several key Macromedia people within Adobe’s ranks—is a sign that Macromedia has been the acquirer all along, swallowing Adobe’s tools into its grand vision of Flash as something more than a throwback to Shockwave’s positioning as second fiddle to Director’s interactive desktop dream. But it might not matter if Microsoft figures out the web apps game first.