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Frequently Asked Questions

• What does Macromedia mean?

  (MACROMEDIA, Inc., San Francisco, CA, www.adobe.com) A software company that specialized in multimedia authoring tools and was acquired by Adobe in 2005. It was created in 1992 by the merger of Authorware, Inc. and MacroMind-Paracomp.

• What is Hochschule Macromedia?

  Established in 2006, Hochschule MACROMEDIA (MACROMEDIA University of Applied Sciences) is a private higher-education institution located in the urban setting of the metropolis of München (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), Bavaria. This institution also has branch campuses in the following locations: Berlin, Hamburg, Köln.

• What is Macromedia Flash used for?

  MACROMEDIA's Flash, Shockwave, FreeHand, Director, and other software have helped to define multimedia content, applications, and interactivity on the Web. AOL Time Warner (Netscape), Microsoft, and Apple have integrated MACROMEDIA's technology into their products, ensuring widespread use.

• What is CompuServe's relationship with Macromedia?

  CompuServe became the first company to integrate MACROMEDIA software into its products; in the meantime, Sun worked with MACROMEDIA to enhance its Java Internet programming language and tools to work with MACROMEDIA's multimedia software. Under their agreement, MACROMEDIA would license Java and incorporate it into their multimedia products.

• What is Macromedia Flash?

  MACROMEDIA Flash was an interactive web authoring platform that was one of the signature products of MACROMEDIA. The Flash Player plug-in was used for the delivery of interactive multimedia over the web with animated graphics and streaming video.

• What is the history of Macromedia?

  MACROMEDIA originated in the 1992 merger of Authorware Inc. (makers of Authorware) and MacroMind–Paracomp (makers of Macromind Director ). Director, an interactive multimedia-authoring tool used to make presentations, animations, CD-ROMs, and information kiosks, served as MACROMEDIA's flagship product until the mid-1990s.

• When did Adobe buy Macromedia?

  On April 18, 2005, Adobe Systems announced an agreement to acquire MACROMEDIA in a stock swap valued at approximately $3.4 billion on the last trading day before the announcement. The acquisition took place on December 3, 2005, and Adobe integrated the company's operations, networks, and customer care organizations shortly thereafter.

• Who was the CEO of Macromedia in 1994?

  1994: Altsys Corp and CEO James Von Ehr became a MACROMEDIA vice-president, a position he held until 1997. 1996: Robert K. Burgess 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.