And both of these status ID's repeat about every 30 seconds, for each of these 5 packages. It's doing that for 5 different software packages. Message ID 2301: SMS Distribution Manager successfully processed package "Adobe Shockwave Player" (package ID = MMH0011F). Message ID 2300: SMS Distribution Manager is beginning to process package "Adobe Shockwave Player" (package ID = MMH0011F). The end is nigh.My Distribution Manager component status is getting hammered with these messages, ID's 23. Be sure your IT and web development staff are aware, and plan accordingly. If redesigning your company's website to migrate away from Shockwave and Flash is something you've had on the backburner for a while, it's time to move it to the front of the queue.
There will be no renewals.Īll that to say, the clock is ticking. The Shockwave Player will officially be retired as of April 8th, 2019, about a year before another iconic Adobe product called Flash Player is slated to retire.Īccording to the official announcement, business owners with existing Shockwave Enterprise licenses will continue to receive product support until the end of their current contract. That's why Adobe's recent end of life announcement for Shockwave is sending ripples of panic through the internet.Īdobe has begun sending out emails to their customers bearing the subject line "Adobe Shockwave Product Announcement" in a bid to give webmasters whose sites are built around the tech time to shift gears. While Flash and Shockwave were once instrumental to cutting edge web development, today's developers have migrated to WebGL and HTML5, leaving these products with a withering market share.Īlthough there's not much current demand for the products, there are a surprising number of legacy websites that still rely on the aging tech.
Not only has the company struggled to keep them secure, but the web itself has moved on. Time has not been kind to the technology. Way back in 1995, a company called Macromedia released the iconic Shockwave player, which quickly became a mainstay on Windows-based machines.Ī decade later, Adobe purchased Macromedia, taking ownership of the Shockwave player and the company's other products (like Flash), both of which continued under the Adobe brand.
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