Macromedia CEO Tells IDB Adobe Merger a Good Thing

In a recent inter­view with Investors Business Daily, Stephen Elop, CEO of Macromedia, expressed con­fi­dent opti­mism about the Adobe-Macromedia merg­er, the DOJ inves­ti­ga­tion, and cus­tomer reactions.

The broad sen­ti­ment among our cus­tomers, among the pop­u­lar press and so forth is that this deal is some­thing that is going to be very good–not just for share­hold­ers and cus­tomers but for the com­pet­i­tive land­scape in the indus­try as well.

The Justice Department…[is] out there talk­ing to our cus­tomers. And I think they are going to be get­ting very pos­i­tive feedback. 

In addi­tion to touch­ing on how Department of Justice antitrust reg­u­la­tors are inves­ti­gat­ing the pro­posed merg­er, Elop dis­cuss­es the tech­nol­o­gy plat­forms most attract­ing Macromedia and Adobe to one another.

Read the entire inter­view with Stephen Elop on IBD