Adobe Acquires Figma [NOT]

For purposes of clarity, Adobe did not acquire Figma (yet). 

Adobe announced an intent to purchase Figma for 20 billion in cash & stock which seems inflated to me given Figma's annual sales.  But hey, it's all paper.

Anyway, the deal is far, far away from closing.  It must be evaluated and approved by the SEC first.  Approval could take several months to a year if it doesn't fall through first.  So stay tuned for updates.

As far as Dreamweaver is concerned, I don't see any impact on it.  Figma is not a coder's tool, it's strictly a UI/UX designer's tool for prototyping the same as XD.  Figma prototypes are handed off to developers who do the actual coding. 

Just speculating based on Adobe's recent acquisition history.

How to eliminate product competition? 

• Acquire it. 
• "Improve it" until it stops working.
• Ignore bugs.
• Discontinue development.
• End of Life.

https://news.adobe.com/news/news-details/2022/Adobe-to-Acquire-Figma/default.aspx

 

With DW on life support this has me wondering if they are just looking to purchase a replacement for DW to merge in with the newly acquired Figma. This sounds a lot like what happened with Flash that led them to buying Macromedia (along w/ DW). Based on the history, XD's days are numbered.

By @Ben M

Have no idea but it probably won't lead to much good, if history repeats itself. I wonder how long the Figma engineers, those behind the innovations, will be welcome. It doesnt affect me at all, either way, but those in the midst of their careers should be thoughtful and ready to explore other options, if it doesnt work out to their liking.

So now we wait for them to acquire Wappler as a DW replacement and connect it to Figma 😄