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theflashblog.com is not an official Adobe blog.

Let me clarify -- theflashblog.com is not produced by Adobe, the company. It is written by an official representative of Adobe, but it is not the official response of Adobe the company, and the site is not an official Adobe site.

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> Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment . . .

I clarified my comment -- there is a distinction between an official adobe blog, and a blog by an official representative of Adobe.

Be that as it may, I said nothing about the blog being Adobes official blog, only that I was surprised by license and freedom they give to their rep.

Especially compared to the restrictive, 1984-style Apple employees. Apple has become big brother.

That's true, however since the original HN thread title was "Adobe Reacts...", which combined with your comment gacw the impression that the post was an Adobe response by an Adobe representative. Of course now the title has been changed (at my suggestion...) which makes this all look a bit silly :).

I don't think people care about the technical difference. In practical terms, if you are an "official representative", you should keep your personal views to yourself, as people will assume your "view" is influenced by the company that pays your salary.

"Disclaimer -- This is my personal blog. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. "

Nonetheless, he claimed in this post that he was speaking as Adobe's representative. In my mind, if you explicitly make that claim, all the disclaimers in the boilerplate avail you nothing.

The fact that Adobe has some editorial control of it (even after the fact) means that Adobe is concerned that the personal opinions of their official representative may reflect badly on Adobe. There's no absolute choice here between "official Adobe blog" and "personal blog" -- it's somewhere in the middle. The only way it could truly be one guy's personal opinion is if he remained completely anonymous.

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