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Sony Claims PS3 Javascript Performance Is Better Than IE7's
Scorpinox writes "According to Sony Online Entertainment, the latest 2.50 update to the Playstation 3, which added Flash 9 support, is 'not up to the level of Google Chrome,' but 'beats Internet Explorer 7' in Javascript performance. The article goes on to say 'Sony has actually been working on Flash 9 support for quite some time — as far back as late last year. To get it running on the PS3, Sony ended up customizing a separate Flash implementation that was provided to it by Adobe.'"
Two proprietary platforms have teamed up to bring us the Internet! They would never steer us wrong, would they?
ps3 is hardware, ie7 is software. how can one be faster than the other?
if they want to compare browser with browser, they need to do it on the same platform (hardware). if they want to compare hardware, they need to do it with the same software. too many variables, this means nothing.
So a piece of software optimized for a very specific, limited platform can run faster than software written for a very general and not very well defined platform. This ought to be a no-brainer.
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To get it running on the PS3, Sony ended up customizing a separate Flash implementation that was provided to it by Adobe.'"
Most users of Linux on non-x86 platforms should be twitching violently from reading that quote.
Adobe have consistently refused to give their code to anyone. They wouldn't even give it to Apple for use on the iPhone.
I wonder what changed. Are Adobe and Sony both members of the Evil League of Evil?
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
Well, and I can outrun a snail. Should I be so proud of that, too?