Adobe’s Flash technology has been taking a beating lately. Apple still won’t support it on its upcoming iPad or its iPhone. Steve Jobs calls it buggy and crash-prone and dismisses Adobe as being lazy. Adobe is trying to fight the negative vibes emanating from Cupertino and elsewhere. It has already pointed out that it will be easy to convert Flash apps into iPad apps, and now CTO Kevin Lynch is weighing in to defend Flash.
Via TechCrunch
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In conversations about the future of flash, what always gets ignored is flash’s “rich internet application” potential. Most significant graphical web applications, for instance games, are done in Flash. The next closest competitor is Silverlight, but adoption is weak with their market penetration at about P, compared to Flash’s 98%
When it comes to complicated graphical applications embedded in web pages, right now, Flash is the only serious game in town. It’s not going anywhere.
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P = “50%”