After this story broke, Adobe denied that Freehand and GoLive were on the chopping block, telling Macworld that “Adobe plans to continue to support GoLive and Freehand and develop these products based on our customer’s needs.” However, the company also said that Dreamweaver and Illustrator are “market leading” applications and that it would “concentrate [its] development efforts around these two products with regards to future innovation and Creative Suite integration.”
I used to use Freehand back in the day, and wasn’t really aware it was still around. As long as they don’t take Dreamweaver.. Check out the full news at Ars Technica.