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"Thoughts on Flash:" Steve Jobs writes about HTML5, open standards, & Abobe permalink

Source: www.apple.com

Karen Horton / (1) / posted about 3 years ago / flag this / read more

"...I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe has characterized our decision as being primarily business driven – they say we want to protect our App Store – but in reality it is based on technology issues. Adobe claims that we are a closed system, and that Flash is open, but in fact the opposite is true. Let me explain..." —Steve Jobs, via apple.com

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Christopher Sergio said on May 06, 2010

Thanks so much for posting this, Karen! Aside from how much I learned (I didn't know anything about Flash/Adobe vs. Apple), it's also just a pleasure to see the methodical clarity of Jobs' mind at work.
 

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