The Register Says:

Microsoft Corp is believed to have trained its acquisition crosshairs on Macromedia Inc,

Wow, Microsoft owning Flash, that kind of gives me the chills, and not the good kind. This article is a bit old, but if that happened I would feel a bit odd, some of my favorite apps are Macromedia apps, and I would hate to have them Micrsofted, but there really ain;t much I can do about it. I do think the software industry in general is bound for a round of consolidation soon. There are too many players still fighting for similar markets, and only hanging in there by mis-leading consumers and decision makers, by making what they do more complex than it is.