Article:		Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Mac OS X
Subject:		Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
Date:		2004-01-16 08:13:10
From:		anonymous2
Response to: Macromedia worst software for Mac ever
Keep in mind that Tim O'Reilly is now a member of Macromedia's Board of Directors.

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• Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-16 10:48:22  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Wait a minute...
  
  1 Tim O'Reilly is on the BoD of Macromedia.
  
  2 A glowing review of a new MM product appears on his website.
  
  3 From the looks of the comment board, the review is completely off-base, as the app in question actually has significant performance issues on the Mac.
  
  
  I smell a rat...
• Re: Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-18 14:05:34  Derrick Story | [View]
  
  
  Are you kidding?
  
  First of all, you must not read this site much or know much about how we work. Tim's activities with Macromedia have no influence what so ever on the text posted on Mac DevCenter. The review posted was the opinion of the author, Jackie Dove, who is not even an O'Reilly employee. She does coordinate reviews for Macworld Magazine, so she has some experience at doing this.
  
  And, Jackie closed her review of Dreamweaver's features with a caution about its performance.
  
  I contributed a talkback a few days ago thanking readers for cautioning others about how this software runs on Mac OS X based on their experiences. I think the totality of the message (article plus talkbacks) are a very fair appraisal of this application.
  
  No rat here. The process is working exactly how it should.

• Macromedia & Tim O'Reilly
  2004-01-16 10:46:22  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Then Tim's either jumped on a ship departing for PC waters, or he's got a lot of work to do to get them delivering decent Mac apps again. I hope it's the latter, but I'm not holding my breath. From the MM reps I've seen at conferences, the company is littered with arrogant pricks that have no interest in anything that's not from Microsoft.
  
  And I'm not saying this as a Mac zealot, just as a very disappointed MM customer. Either sell me something that works as advertised on my platform of choice, or don't sell it at all, but do NOT sell me a half-assed product and expect me to come back for more.
  
  Still, maybe Tim will set them straight.