Adobe Acquiring Macromedia on December 3, 2005

Adobe Systems Incorporated and Macromedia, Inc. today announced they have either received or been notified they will receive all regulatory clearances necessary to complete Adobe’s pending acquisition of Macromedia. The companies expect to close the transaction on December 3, 2005. Does this mean the end for Fireworks and Freehand?

You can check out the full press release here. It’s going to be quite interesting to see what happens in the near future. Products could be discontinued or merged, or kept as they are. I’m hoping this is for the better, because both are amazing companies. Check out the Slashdot post here.