My reaction to this was a little bit like finding out your two best friends are engaged to be married. It’s really great and you’re really happy for them, but you’re also a little freaked out about what this will mean for your relationship with each of them individually.

I’m a bit scandalized by the idiocy of some of the reporters covering the story though. Terrance Nielan is a might bit clueless about what these companies’ products actually do. He describes Adobe as a “document-design software company” which is a bit like describing GE as a lightbulb manufacturer. Photoshop gets a mention near the end. He then refers to Macromedia’s products as “the Dreamweaver and Flash web-design software used mainly in digital video production.” Since when is web-design software mainly used in digital video production? Dammit Terrance!