This has to be the most absurd thing that I have heard in a long time. Apple championing an open standard and dissing proprietary software. LOL
They are worse than MS for protecting their IP and running closed systems. Apple wants DRM more than anybody. Even apps for their Apple store need their stamp of approval. Let's stay real. Adobe, Microsoft or Apple; there is no difference. They all want to make money and protect their IP. Criticise Flash all you want but please spare us the hyperbole. Roy On 7 May 2010 17:09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/sneak-peek-of-android-based-tablet-running-adobe-air/2056?tag=nl.e539 > > and > > > http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_tablets/google_android_tablet_shown_by_adobe_at_web_20_expo.html > > From what I've heard, Adobe is courting Android/Windows Phone 7 like > hell now because Apple has basically accused Flash of being a load of > rubbish. Which it is. > > Flash has always been a version behind on all platforms which don't > rhyme with "Winblows." Hardware acceleration is still broken on all > platforms other than Windows, which is why my MacBook's fan goes into > jet-engine mode whenever I use YouTube. > > Adobe is trying really hard now to earn back a spot in the Apple > ecosystem, which is a bet that the iPad will be as popular as the > iPhone has been. Seeing as how they've already sold 1,000,000+ iPads > to date, that might not be a bad bet to be making. > > Apple also has an excellent point in accusing Adobe Flash of being a > closed, proprietary standard, which it is. Apple cited the benefits > of using open standards and suggested that developers move towards > HTML5 and JavaScript to perform tasks which would have historically > been performed by Flash. FWIW, I happen to agree. JS/HTML5 are more > ubiquitous and don't leave you dependent on Adobe. > > Although, if Adobe feels like opening the standard that Flash uses, > I'd be interested to see someone build a third-party Flash plugin. > Maybe one which actually works, for a change? > > -- > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
