Steve Jobs is apparently saying that Abode Flash and Apple products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad will certainly never be seen together, as outlined by Fox News. Tech fans were wondering if jobs would cave to the pressure, as flash videos are nevertheless used often on sites. However, Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” letter should mean less instant cash for Adobe, as the Apple CEO gives six well-reasoned arguments for why Flash video won’t mix with the iCrowd. Jobs has serious philosophical and technical concerns about Adobe Flash, chief among them the fact Flash videos frequently cause OS crashes.
Flash call by Steve Jobs draws Adobe's ire
Fox News reports that Adobe Flash evangelist Lee Brimelow didn’t say anything nice concerning Steve Jobs and his Flash stance:
"Speaking purely for myself, I would like to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself, Apple.”
Apple didn’t feel it was necessary to respond to such a well-constructed missive. Jobs is a lot more interested in pointing out that Flash is proprietary product, and that he is against closed products that “stifle innovation.” He is more in favor of HTML5 as an open standards platform. Job's argument didn't consist of the fact most Apple products are also propriety, but he was just beginning. He continued by reminding all the readers that Flash is an old technology that could easily be replaced with “more modern formats” like H.264 that do not cause as many crashes.
Flash, Flash, crash
What’s the real problem here? Steve Jobs says Flash gets in the way. As stated in his "Thoughts on Flash,":
“We know from painful experience that letting a third-party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.”
How does Adobe feel about getting called a 3rd wheel? Aside from such eloquent statements as Brimelow’s, all is quiet on the Adobe front. Media, programmers, and others all give off a sense that Adobe is dying. Lance Ulanoff from PC Magazine called the Steve Jobs Flash bash “an incredible attack on Flash, (one that) could shake its very foundations.”.
Sources for the article
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/29/flash-iphone-apples-steve-jobs-finally-explains/?test=latestnews
Thoughts on Flash
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
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