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Steve Jobs Publishes Some "Thoughts On Flash"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what's-under-that-turtleneck dept.

teh31337one writes "Steve Jobs just posted an open letter of sorts explaining Apple's position on Flash, going back to his company's long history with Adobe and expounding upon six main points of why he thinks Flash is wrong for mobile devices. HTML5 naturally comes up, along with a few reasons you might not expect. He concludes in saying that 'Flash was created during the PC era — for PCs and mice.'" Tacky that his first point is that Flash is proprietary, when Apple restricts the apps that can be installed on the phone. Pot, meet kettle.

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  3. Future Announcement: Adobe Creative Suite 6 by RevWaldo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Adobe CS 6 - Now available for Windows 7, Linux...and that's it.

    We said that's it! What, what!!?

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    1. Re:Future Announcement: Adobe Creative Suite 6 by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 5, Funny

      Adobe CS 6 - Now available for Windows 7, Linux...and that's it. In other news Shantanu Narayen is fired from Adobe as sales tank now that over half the install base can't get the new version of CS without buying a new computer. What a bone head eh Debrah... now on to the weather.

  4. Re:H.264 by Joe+U · · Score: 3, Funny

    To be fair, he didn't outright say H.264 was an open standard. He just lumped it in and said it was super awesome and gives 10+ hours of battery life and unlimited rice pudding.

  5. Strange.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the really strange thing, when I visit http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ I'm prompted that the site wants to install and run some strange, closed plugin called 'QuickTime' from 'Apple computer' in order to properly display the content.... Hmm...

  6. Let me guess..... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steve Joby proclaims that Flash is only for porn?

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  7. Slashdot, too, is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slashdot was created in the PC Era and is primarily a PC site. Let it die.

    http://arstechnica.com

  8. Re:proprietary and apple by Eighty7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Too bad they can't both lose"

    -Henry Kissinger on the iran-iraq war

  9. Re:Flash More Open? by H0p313ss · · Score: 2, Funny

    A browser with HTML-Blocker???

    I heard that Microsoft gives one away for free (as in beer). It's called Internet Explorer I think.

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  10. I'm already seeing a problem with Apple's policy by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Marvel Comics has an app for the iP*. DC Comics doesn't. I'm sure Steve's anti-Flash policy is to blame.

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  11. Re:I'm surprised security wasn't listed. by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    disinfecting my phone would be far worse. Douglas Adams was right again: lack of telephone sanitizers will doom the planet!

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  12. Re:He Is Quick to Forgive Apple, Of Course by TheKidWho · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because it sucks?

  13. Re:He Is Quick to Forgive Apple, Of Course by macshome · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many times do I need to explain this?!?

    I can't install the internet on your phone BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A FLOPPY DRIVE!!!

  14. Re:proprietary and apple by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 2, Funny

    EAT SHIT! 10 million flies can't be wrong!