Yesterday Heyward Drummond from Adobe Systems commented on the VSee blog:

“Rest assured Adobe Connect which was just named by PC Magazine as the best Web Conference Solution for 2011 is not going away. Adobe is concentrating it’s sales and marketing efforts (sales force) on government and education markets. The U.S. Dept. of Defense just signed a 5 year $93M agreement to use and expand Adobe Connect. Adobe Connect is the DoD standard for eLearning and collaboration.”

While I appreciate his optimism, from what I’ve seen so far, I’m not so sure the Adobe Board is on the same page about Adobe Connect.  It seems mighty suspect that right after Adobe executives announced last week that Adobe Connect will no longer be marketed to customers, that Adobe Connect managers all immediately responded on their blogs that Adobe Connect is going strong and will continue to be supported.  If we take a closer look at the numbers, I would say things aren’t really looking so hot for Connect.

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