Will Flash Be Taken Off The Shelf?

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Will Flash Be Taken Off The Shelf?

Posted by Hemos on Thursday May 2, 2002 @05:48PM from the battle-continues dept.

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.

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Flash: The BLINK tag writ large by rjamestaylor · 2002-05-02 17:53 · Score: 3, Funny

my favorite quote from Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing

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stupid patents by pretzel_logic · 2002-05-02 18:12 · Score: 2, Funny

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

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Re:I wonder... by Em+Emalb · 2002-05-02 18:25 · Score: 3, Funny

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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Re:It would be right... by aardvarkjoe · 2002-05-02 18:27 · Score: 2, Funny

I'll also be sticking with Windows XP, because I like the OS better, and I also don't see the need to support a monopoly in the making any more than I see the need to support a monopoly that already exists.

Wow! That's conviction, all right.

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OK, probably a troll, but... by tlambert · 2002-05-02 18:42 · Score: 4, Funny

I think the most useful thing anyone has ever implemented in "Flash" is the "Bypass Flash intro" button...

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Re:It would be right... by Ian+Peon · 2002-05-02 18:57 · Score: 5, Funny

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!

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Oh No! by NeuroManson · 2002-05-02 19:09 · Score: 4, Funny

How am I gonna watch Osama Bin Laden In a Blender now???

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Re:patented 'tabbed palettes'? by KFury · 2002-05-02 19:23 · Score: 5, Funny

That set of animations demonstrating the design overlap would have been a lot smaller if they'd done it in Flash.

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