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Will Flash Be Taken Off The Shelf?
bugninja writes "According to an article at News.com, Adobe wins 2.8M from Macromedia today for using some patented interface stuff in Flash. But this isn't the end, further legal battles could require that Flash be removed from Macromedia's list of "products for sale". We may not all be Flash lovers, but is it right to take a good product away from so many people who really do like it just because another company's product isn't taking over the market like they hoped it would?"
Update: 05/03 13:29 GMT by J : Speaking of Flash, yesterday eEye discovered
a very serious security hole
in the version of Flash distributed with most copies of Windows. Go
download
the fixed release.
my favorite quote from Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing
-- @rjamestaylor on Ello
remember that NBA star that tried to patent the finger wiggle he did after he scored? ever notice how many web sites look exactly like Amazon.com? stand proud brother, you are an open source hero, you will never have to deal with this
pretzel_logic
Nah, responses will mostly look like this:
4 misguided first posts
3 W00T!! l33t p05t5
150+ I hate flash
75 I love flash, you can do some cool stuff w/it.
4 I hate Bill G posts
10 I like Adobe cause of Acrobat posts.
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Wow! That's conviction, all right.
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
I think the most useful thing anyone has ever implemented in "Flash" is the "Bypass Flash intro" button...
-- Terry
im done with the net. im done with all this ludicrocity.. im done.. im going to work somewhere else.
.. big business.
.. i didnt have to deal with 3418902340391473413902 popups.. and back in 89 i could get my work done..
you know what? ive spent years and years designing programming and brainstorming the best way to get my clients visible. ive done more business using the technologies of macromedia adobe microsoft linux bsd sun blah blah blah
im tired of the constant battle for money. im tired of the fucking ad's- and im tired of you
oh yeah and dont reply to this you slashdotted lemmings.. your the reason this net we live in is a corporate gayism.
fuck off all you corporate privatising.. fuck off everyone that HORDES money like a sick fuck.. you know what? back in 89 i had a fucking net connection.. it might not have been fast. and back in 89 i had access to data i needed.. and back in 89 when i accessed that data
now all your doing is wasting our FUCKING TIME..
your sick. your old and gray and worst of all.. you dont get layed.
go home to your budget cut's layoff's market downfall's and your fat ugly wives. gg dipshits http://static.stileproject.com/rnd/img/aS1.jpg
i will never use ps again. i will never use flash again.. for those of you coding cold fusion.. you suck but even more important.. dont continue to use it..
for the free software movement.. and those of us making it happen stick to it.. dont get caught up in this tangle of tie vs tie.. because your tie is retrofitted and it aint coming off.
fuck this im out..
- Anonymous Coward (the MAJORITY of those who cared once)
I agree with you, I think that patent's should NOT apply to soft...
Many years ago, Apple tried to sue Microsoft for copyright infringement over their user-interface. Had they (ab)used the patent system instead, they might have won, and there would be no Windows.
...OK, now I'm torn!
Never never never smoke crack before geometry class!
How am I gonna watch Osama Bin Laden In a Blender now???
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
That set of animations demonstrating the design overlap would have been a lot smaller if they'd done it in Flash.
Kevin Fox
Adobe uses Flash animation on their frontpage.
:)
I guess it's ok for them to use it since they own the patent that it is infringing?