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Article: Adobe Brings CyberStudio into the Fold : Graphics titan gets pro-level Web tool.(Adobe Systems' acquisition of GoLive Systems' web authoring software, and the outlook for PageMill)(Company Business and Marketing)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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When Adobe Systems (408/536-6000, http://www.adobe.com) announced in January that it was buying GoLive Systems, maker of the popular GoLive CyberStudio Web authoring package, many industry analysts asked, "What took them so long?" But for loyal CyberStudio users, excitement about the acquisition has to be mixed with some trepidation.
The deal appears to make sense. CyberStudio users tend to be professional designers and developers, the same folks who rely on such Adobe products as Photoshop, Illustrator, and ImageReady. Adobe's only foray into HTML editing is PageMill, a consumer-level tool that has long been eclipsed by CyberStudio, Macromedia's Dreamweaver ...