Rumors a running wild these days. As a result, classify this as a "keep a careful eye on" story.

High-level sources, who wish to remain anonymous, have told me that the plans for a Macromedia / Adobe merger are not going as smoothly as they had hoped for. As a result, what was supposed to be an announcement just before MAX will most likely not take place till late November.

Recently, executive changes were announced; including making Kevin Lynch a senior VP with Adobe (these were made amidst several senior Adobe executives resigning for "personal reasons"). However, what was before a feeling of it being a "done deal" is suddenly not so certain.

As I said from the outset, this is all very preliminary. While the general consensus is that the deal will eventually culminate, it is no longer the certainty that it once was.

Stay tuned, more could be coming.

Charles E. Brown