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Will Flash Be Taken Off The Shelf?

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. argh.. by Suppafly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why didn't they post it when I submitted it..

    At least my submission noted that macromedia is countersuing adobe claiming that Photoshop and GoLive infringe on their patents for web design software.