A College Course with Poor Reusability

I chose the Associate Degree, Multimedia course that I had at Navarro College in 2005.  The software we used to learn multimedia was Adobe Creative Suite and  Macromedia Director.  At the time, the cost for Director was close to $1800.00 but for students it was $588.00. I know because I bought it.   The other software we used in the class was the first Adobe Creative Suite, which included Dreamweaver,  Flash, Illustrator, and Photoshop.  I also bought that suite for over $500.00.  I am very glad that I did because I have been able to upgrade over the years and now teach these subjects at high school.  Can I reuse the lessons that I learned in 2005?  NO.   Why???

First off, Macromedia has been bought out by Adobe and the Director Program, although available to buy has been incorporated with the Adobe Flash tools and is now unrecognizable.  

To make the course more useable, the instructor should have incorporated Flash into the lessons as it was already included in the Adobe Creative Suite and would have been more affordable for the student and more practical for contents sake.  Adobe Flash is more compatible with the Adobe Creative suite as it is an extension of Dreamweaver and requires Vector images that can be created using Illustrator or restructured using Photoshop. 

To answer the questions below in relation to reusability of the course content:

Can I find it? 

No, Macromedia Director no longer exists for reusability purposes.

May I use it? 

No, Adobe carries the rights to the program so it must be upgraded.

Will it work? 

Probably with new training…but why use it when Flash can do it better and is more compatible with the other Industry Standard Software.

                Can I use it in a way that works for me? 

No. And I wonder why Director was taught instead of Flash.  It would have made creating lessons today much easier for me, as I could have reused some of the skills lessons and techniques associated with that program.