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From: Rich on 13 May 2010 20:25 The head of Apple said this?!!! Amazing gall. BBC: It follows a letter from Apple boss Steve Jobs in which he defended his firm's decision not to allow Adobe's Flash technology on many of its popular products. Mr Jobs described Adobe's software - used on many websites for video and animations - as a "closed system" and "100% proprietary". "While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe."
From: Mr. Strat on 13 May 2010 21:27 In article <AMSdnScrEoL0BXHWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Rich <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > The head of Apple said this?!!! Amazing gall. > > BBC: > It follows a letter from Apple boss Steve Jobs in which he defended his > firm's decision not to allow Adobe's Flash technology on many of its > popular products. > > Mr Jobs described Adobe's software - used on many websites for video and > animations - as a "closed system" and "100% proprietary". > > "While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they > are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only > from Adobe." Flash is technology that sucks. It needs to go away. Even Microsoft has sided with Jobs. And Adobe software in general is getting more virus-prone that Windows.
From: Atheist Chaplain on 13 May 2010 21:54 "Rich" <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:AMSdnScrEoL0BXHWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > The head of Apple said this?!!! Amazing gall. > > BBC: > It follows a letter from Apple boss Steve Jobs in which he defended his > firm's decision not to allow Adobe's Flash technology on many of its > popular products. > > Mr Jobs described Adobe's software - used on many websites for video and > animations - as a "closed system" and "100% proprietary". > > "While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean > they > are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only > from Adobe." I think the biggest problem that Jobs has with Flash is that there are thousands (if not hundreds of thousands)of flash based games out there on the net, and quite a few of them are very well done and this would have a detrimental affect on the iTunes App store profits, after all, why would you pay for a sometimes shitty iPhone game that cost you money (even if its only 99c) when you can play a flash game for free on the net. This takes the proprietary control away from Apple. -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi
From: Atheist Chaplain on 13 May 2010 22:03 "Mr. Strat" <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote in message news:130520101827416906%rag(a)nospam.techline.com... > In article <AMSdnScrEoL0BXHWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Rich > <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> The head of Apple said this?!!! Amazing gall. >> >> BBC: >> It follows a letter from Apple boss Steve Jobs in which he defended his >> firm's decision not to allow Adobe's Flash technology on many of its >> popular products. >> >> Mr Jobs described Adobe's software - used on many websites for video and >> animations - as a "closed system" and "100% proprietary". >> >> "While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean >> they >> are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only >> from Adobe." > > Flash is technology that sucks. It needs to go away. Even Microsoft has > sided with Jobs. And Adobe software in general is getting more > virus-prone that Windows. http://img373.imageshack.us/i/pcvsmac1qv9.jpg/ :-) I do however agree that Adobe is becoming a dangerous portal for virus and nasties. -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi
From: nospam on 13 May 2010 22:16
In article <4becad6d$1(a)news.x-privat.org>, Atheist Chaplain <abused(a)cia.gov> wrote: > I think the biggest problem that Jobs has with Flash is that there are > thousands (if not hundreds of thousands)of flash based games out there on > the net, and quite a few of them are very well done and this would have a > detrimental affect on the iTunes App store profits, after all, why would you > pay for a sometimes shitty iPhone game that cost you money (even if its only > 99c) when you can play a flash game for free on the net. > This takes the proprietary control away from Apple. except that many of those free flash games are designed for a mouse/keyboard, not for touch, so they won't work particularly well on an iphone or ipad. plus, since flash is a cpu hog, battery life will drop. developers can always write native iphone apps that are free, or write web apps that don't use the store at all, so the claim that there's an effect on app store profits loses steam. the bigger problem is that flash apps can't take full advantage of the hardware or operating system, only what adobe decides to support. it can also make it difficult for apple to make changes to either one if a change is breaks thousands of apps. |