Comments on: IPhone rumors: Could Adobe lose out on its slice of the Apple pie?

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By: Chip designer ARM bringing Flash 10 to smartphones » VentureBeat

Chip designer ARM bringing Flash 10 to smartphones » VentureBeat — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:09:33 +0000

[...] market, where Flash has been criticized for the demands it places on device resources and where Apple is rumored to encourage development on Javascript, rather than Flash or Microsoft’s Silv…. (The iPhone uses an ARM chip, and Adobe says it’s working on a version of Flash for the [...]

By: Mippin optimizes for the iPhone ahead of an anticipated 3G mobile web surge » VentureBeat

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:25:04 +0000

[...] for stories and Flash video is even converted into a Quicktime compatible format so it will play. (The iPhone’s web browser still does not support Adobe Flash.) This new version runs faster and more smoothly than the previous [...]

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:15:42 +0000

Make flash an Open Standard like Adobe did with PDF?

That would really shake things up

By: Jon S

Jon S — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:01:47 +0000

Check out the Open Screen project and you will see that its not about revenue for licenses. Adobe has open sourced flash I believe

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:50:40 +0000

Apple would you just put the Flash on it!!!

By: Iphone Web Is Not The Real Web…

Iphone Web Is Not The Real Web… — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:27:17 +0000

[...] for iphone web apps just doesn’t do it for me. Venture Beat puts it well when they say: Do you want a browser that lets you use hypothetical “open” applications that will be [...]

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:14:42 +0000

John, I think the iPhone is the tech blogosphere equivalent of Brad and Angelina.

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:33:59 +0000

A pseudonymous commenter said: “I understand that Adobe and Microsoft would like the web locked in to licenses for Flash and/or Silverlight so they can charge for the services and increase their revenue. In general, I distrust these companies in their quest for proprietary control of the web, and their greed.”

Maybe we should meet for coffee some day. I'd like to better understand such surprising certainty of belief.

(An analyst asked Shantanu for news with Apple's iPhone, and he just confirmed the prior quarter's report that technical research was proceeding. I might expect blogospheric tremors if there was something actually shipping, but so many column-inches on so little news almost makes the paparazzi seem genteel.)

jd/adobe

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:23:23 +0000

I agree with the basic principles you express here, but I don't think it's the binary choice that people are making it out to be.

By: hardmanb

hardmanb — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:24:14 +0000

I understand that Adobe and Microsoft would like the web locked in to licenses for Flash and/or Silverlight so they can charge for the services and increase their revenue. In general, I distrust these companies in their quest for proprietary control of the web, and their greed.

I also understand that Apple and Google want open standards not subject to anyone's control and back Sproutcore and other open solutions for the web. In general, I trust Apple and Google in their quest for open web standards and to act in the best, long-range interests of consumers.

Unless there is something compelling about Flash or Silverlight that can't be provided by open standard alternatives, open standard development seems the better choice.