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Macromedia to Port Flash MX to Linux?

LnxAddct writes "An article on CNet reports that Macromedia will start taking Linux more seriously. It will start this new initiative by making it's suite of tools run easily under WINE, then depending on the response it gets, it will port it's tools natively to Linux! Their Chief Software Architect, Kevin Lynch, stated, 'What we've been investigating is, When will it be time to bring our tools to Linux? I think it might be happening now.' Maybe 2004 will be the year of Linux."

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  1. Flash sucks by Via_Patrino · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Something that endless consume your processor speed (like a little movie) while you're reading a text or with a lot of tabs/windows open, it's definitly not the way I want to expend my processor time.

    Kill Flash function on mozilla kill some of them, but misteriously don't work with most ads.

  2. Flash is worse than spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    It's worse than spam. Harder to filter, too.

  3. Re:Linux voids finally being filled... by cubicledrone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, the net. In the future, I'll remember to be as literalist as possible with all terminology.

    While I'm at it, I'll make sure all future communication is ASCII. We won't need Garage Band, Final Cut Pro or that Photoshop upgrade. I guess I could maintain web sites with cat, pipes and grep.

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    Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.