Well, this certainly doesn't bode well for the Adobe SVG plugin (not to mention the support in Illustrator, GoLive, etc...).  Good thing the Mozilla work on SVG support is getting close to completion, and that the open-source SVG creators are starting to make significant headway.  Regardless of whether the format owner might go out of business, there's still the possibility that they could change their minds about how (or if) they wish to continue supporting that format.  That's part of why it's so important to push for truly open standards for ALL media formats, so that the decision of one company/organization/individual cannot cause significant harm to the user community.

Craig White wrote: 
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 18:48 -0700, Vaughn Treude wrote:
  
Joseph,
That's an excellent analysis, and I'm whole-heartedly behind the use of 
open formats.  Not that I mind using a proprietary viewer, as long as I
can get one, and it's free.  :-)  But I suppose if Macromedia went
under, _somebody_ would get the rights to Flash and Shockwave, as
ubiquitous as these formats are.  The alternative would be a general
consumer uproar.  :-)  (Or at least I hope that most consumers still
have the backbone to make an uproar.)
Vaughn
    
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I have a bunch to say about this subject but to this post - I will point
out - since no one else has that Macromedia and Adobe have announced
their intentions to 'merge'

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html

Craig

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