I think it can be great, as long as there are enough smaller companies trying to bite the ankles of the big dog. There is a bit of a 'danger' of higher prices because of the monopoly position of the big company. But I am very happy with the current versions, so I can live without pricy future updates (wait! I said that after every new version of Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive and Flash...) Just wait and see. Mergers like these often result in a re-orientation of some products for specific markets (like PageMaker is nog an office kinda layout proggie). I think GoLive will go (though it is my app of choice), or maybe they turn it into a similar FrontPage-like program for office use. (name: GoWeb 2005 Hoof) I think FreeHand will be incorporated in Illustrator, with a choice of palettes/shortcuts from one of the other for the user. (name Illustator CSF) FireWorks will be dropped, but some of the ideas that Adobe was jealous of, will appear in ImageReady. (name FireReady, or ImageWorks 2005 Hoof) Creatives all around the world will do whatever they see in their minds, with whatever package is there for them...