[dinocoder]

First, huge kudos to you and Adobe for making these acquisitions. And double kudos to you for doing your AMA here on HN!

Just curious, but since the move of PhoneGap to an Apache incubator project was announced within such a relatively close proximity to today's acquisition, I can't help but wonder if the decision to open source the code was something Adobe was aware of.

I mean, you must have been in the process of doing the due diligence during this time, right? It leads me to speculate the decision was somewhat of a joint one, or, alternatively, that maybe there were points of contention around it.

This might touch on sensitive information so I fully understand if you'll have to pass on answering this one.

[kberger]

Actually it wasn't contentious at all! Nitobi already had plans to donate to the Apache Foundation, and Adobe already had strong existing relationships with both organizations. We were glad to support that move to reinforce that we're here to support PhoneGap and further fuel its growth as a free open source project.

[matthewn]

Can you point to anything in Adobe's history that would indicate it is a company that has any clue how to "fuel the growth" of a "free open source project"?

[jonah]

The first example off the top of my head is Adobe's involvment in jQuery development.

A little bit here: http://blogs.adobe.com/adobeandjquery/