Talk:Adobe LiveMotion

Minor correction
The page on Adobe LiveMotion is slightly inaccurate. It states that development of LiveMotion ended in November of 2003 due to poor sales and fierce competition from Macromedia. Actually, development of LiveMotion ended immediately after the release of LiveMotion 2.0 in February of 2002. An executive flew out from Los Angeles around the time we shipped and congratulated us on LiveMotion 2.0, then informed us that they were cancelling it. The product would still ship, but there was not going to be any support for it. The reason given was that Macromedia held the patent for Flash and could at any time change the way it worked in such a way as to make our software not work with it. Thus, Adobe would always be one step behind, which they didn't like. In 2005, they bought Macromedia, solving the problem. It was distribution of LiveMotion 2.0 that ended in November of 2003. They continued to sell it for over a year, just never supported it or worked further on it.

That quarter in 2002, sales all around were low due to the September 11th attacks the previous year, but two products still made their numbers: Adobe Photoshop and LiveMotion 2.0, and that was despite no support of the product immediately upon its release. "Poor sales" a year later may be an accurate reason for the discontinuation of distribution, but it's worth noting that the product was doomed at release due to their decision to not support it, and it sold well initially despite their decision to bury it at birth.

I don't have documentation to back this up, only first-hand experience as a member of the LiveMotion 2.0 team beginning in 2001 until its cancellation in 2002. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.115.63.29 (talk) 20:21, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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