In my opinion this is proof that Flash is no longer needed. Flash was filling a specific need that HTML could not address. With the new version of HTML being able to replicate Flash (in 8000 lines of code at that), we should be prepared to abandon the proprietary Flash format, and embrace open standards like HTML5.
Boo Oracle! This could spell the end for Java.
In my opinion this is proof that Flash is no longer needed. Flash was filling a specific need that HTML could not address. With the new version of HTML being able to replicate Flash (in 8000 lines of code at that), we should be prepared to abandon the proprietary Flash format, and embrace open standards like HTML5.