If web developers used open standards for everything that HTML5 and related standards are actually good for, and Flash for the other stuff, the web would be a better place.
That is your ideology and that is not what the people were told, they were told Flash is **** on mobile, is outdated and not needed anymore. Those are lies, Flash was not even on mobile how can it sucks? Flash is doing in 2011 stuff other technology might, maybe, make possible in years from now so it's not outdated at all, it is actually always ahead of time. As far as being needed it is really not up to Apple to define that, let developers and project owners make up their mind. Why Apple did not do what everyone's did which is to address the problems (do I need to post the CEOs video and the 10.2 demos?). Why did Apple systematically create obstacle for Adobe regarding improving Flash for Mac? If the people were told what you just said above, most of them would answer "screw you, your war, your *****, my phone!".
We've already been through this. Apple has created and/or supports hundreds of open source projects including Webkit. Stop spreading lies.
Dude, are you gonna stop to call me a liar lover and over! I said Adobe is more open than Apple and it is true, it does not mean Apple is not open here and there, it means Apple is not open as much as Adobe Flash Platform is. When Apple made that point, Adobe immediately answered with the facts and that was the end of it, Apple started to change topic and stopped real quick the 'open' thing. Keep in mid that I have been getting notification for every single article, forums discussion or blog post mentioning Adobe and Apple together since early 1999, have you? If not, how can you say I lie about the PR strategy then? Have you seen the wave of lies spreading in blogs all the same day? It takes PR power to achieve that.
Adobe does not refrain people from doing what they want in the browser, they do not require business to use Apple's proprietary technology or system to conduct business in applications, Adobe does not racket 30% from all revenue made on the phone (which for the most part should be made in the browser with 0% commission). Adobe does not tell us what tool we should to use, anyone can compete with any of the Flash Platform products, most of them are either open source or open enough to allow competitive products such as Wowza or Red5, they only control the player to refrain anyone from messing with it and that is what we developers want. So from you or Apple to say Adobe is not open enough is beyond ignorance, or a lie. Funny you call me a liar.
Again with the unsupported accusations. Apple PR hasn't said anything about Flash since the period of time around "Thoughts on Flash."
No, Apple stopped when the European Union and the FTC started a joint investigation after Apple shown bad faith by trying to ban Adobe's development product from generating native iOS app. That was the starting point for the wake up, developers and businesses ended up seeing through Apple's game and started thinking "wait a minute", it cut short Apple's ability to carry on its mission and Google joining forces with Adobe pretty much cut it short too, Apple does not make the cut anymore.
Umm... Flash is the status quo.
I was making a reference to what happened with the Roman empire for instance, once it could not get any bigger the cost of just maintaining the status quo of the empire (maintaining the lies, the army, the propaganda) without being able to increase power and wealth (everything is already taken over), brought the empire to its knee.
