Max and Yves agree that a pair of Macromedia software programs will change the world.
Elop was chief executive of multimedia software company Macromedia before its 2005 acquisition by Adobe.
With the deal came a rival successor in Stephen Elop, Macromedia's new chief executive.
Elop is a well-seasoned exec who did previous stints at Juniper, Adobe, Macromedia, Lotus and Boston Market.
Max and Yves hooked up (by e-mail) after Max completed his first book, Macromedia Flash: Super Samurai--at age 15.
Macromedia, a Web development software company, was acquired by Adobe Systems Inc.
Integrated plug-ins now include RealNetworks RealPlayer 5.0, Macromedia Flash, and Headspace Beatnik for listening to music and other audio files.
Elizabeth Nelson, a former chief financial officer of Macromedia, was elected to Nokia's board during the May 3 annual meeting.
HP's PIII-550 machine held its own during tasks like playing a presentation in PowerPoint 97 or a clip using Macromedia Director.
He later worked with Andromedia that was acquired by Macromedia in 1999.
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It reviewed Web auction sales of Adobe, Macromedia, Corel and FileMaker products and found that 91 percent of such sales involved illegal copies.
Prior to Microsoft, he was Chief Operating Officer at Juniper Networks, headed global sales for Adobe Systems Inc and was CEO of Macromedia Inc.
The code base developed by Anthony at iBand became a central part of the original core code of Macromedia now known as Adobe Dreamweaver.
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Elop was chief executive of multimedia software company Macromedia before its 2005 acquisition by Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ).
Prior to joining Apple at the time Steve Jobs returned in 1997, Schiller had worked as VP of Market at Macromedia and Product Marketing Director at FirePower Systems.
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Forget the bells and whistles like Macromedia's Flash software.
The company later added ColdFusion, Dreamweaver and Flash to its product and platform list via an acquisition of its former competitor, Macromedia, and is currently developing a suite of cloud-based solutions focused on the social and analytics spaces.
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Helm points to Elop's experience at Macromedia, a Microsoft rival that managed to build up a loyal cadre of developers, as something that could be key to Microsoft's strategy going forward as it tries to encourage its customers to build their businesses around its tools.
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