1997

• January 6: Macromedia announces Flash following the acquisition of FutureWave Software.
• May 27: Macromedia Director 6 Multimedia Studio is shipped.
• June 5: Macromedia Authorware 4 Interactive Studio is shipped.
• June 5-6: The 1997 Macromedia Japan User Conference is held in Kōtō, Tokyo.
• October 3: Sōlis is acquired by Macromedia.
• October 8-10: The 8th annual Macromedia User Conference (UCON '97) is held in San Francisco, where Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs presents a keynote address on the second day.
• November 1-2: The 1997 Macromedia Asia Pacific User Conference is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 8: Macromedia Dreamweaver 1.0 for Macintosh is released.

External links

• Press Releases at Allaire (archived 1998-01-20)
  • Allaire In The News(archived 1998-01-20)
• Press Releases for 1997 at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-02)