Steven Frankel
Steven Frankel
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Clearly, this is a reaction to Yahoo's aggressive entry into the space, ... They were expected to enter the market, they were expected to be aggressive, but they were not expected to be this aggressive.
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Macromedia is all about rich media and Adobe is about the creative professional focused on document workflows and image workflows, ... You can imagine a scenario where Flash makes it easier to render a PDF document on a handset.
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Dolby has the characteristics of a long-term winner. It's a question of when, not if, the business accelerates.
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Adobe should have a very strong quarter, another in a string of strong quarters, ... The stock fell because somebody panicked about Microsoft. And the Macromedia deal makes good strategic sense.
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We don't know yet what the long-term effect will be. You can assume the others will need to respond quickly to this news.