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Interview With Linux Flash Player's Lead Engineer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-everyone-loves-flash dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Ryan Stewart of ZDNet has an interview with Mike Melanson, the lead engineer behind Adobe's upcoming Flash Player 9 for Linux. It covers what the plans are for the player, what kinds of things won't be in the Linux player that are in the other players, and ways to give Adobe input on the Linux player."

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  1. An obscure database known as MySQL by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got into Linux when I wanted to use a free relational database called MySQL for a web project

    Why does this quote remind me so much of Data (from Star Trek, an obscure TV show):

    Data: "It is from an obscure language known as French"
    Picard: "Data, the French language for centuries represented civilization"

    1. Re:An obscure database known as MySQL by Sqwubbsy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I know I'm burning what little karma I have (and I also know it doesn't apply to you) but this comment totally deserves a "you must be new around here", so...

      You must be new around here.

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  2. More Programmers Needed by totallygeek · · Score: 5, Funny
    Throwing more programmers, any programmers, at the problem will not necessarily speed the process along.


    It's like giving nine women the task of gestating a baby in one month.

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