Steve Jobs Calls Flash Top Reason Macs Crash, Says No Thanks
According to Fox News, Steve Jobs says Abode Flash and Apple products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad will never be seen together. Many tech fans had wondered if Jobs would eventually cave to the pressure, as Flash videos are still widely used on many websites. Steve Jobs’, however, “Thoughts on Flash ” letter should mean less cash today for Adobe, as the Apple CEO gives six well-reasoned arguments for why Flash video won’t mix with the iCrowd. Aside from the fact that Flash seems to cause OS crashed, Jobs has many philosophical and technical concerns about Adobe Flash.
Adobe’s ire drawn by Steve Jobs Flash call
Fox News reports that Lee Brimelow didn’t mince words regarding 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 want to respond to this. All Jobs really wanted to do was point out the fact 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 include the fact that most Apple products are also propriety, but he was just starting. He continued by reminding readers that Flash is an old technology that could be replaced with “more modern formats” like H.264 that don’t cause as many crashes.
Flash Crashing
What’s the real problem here? Steve Jobs says Flash gets in the way. As he puts it in “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 did Adobe feel about being called a balding third wheel? All is quiet on the Adobe front, except for eloquent statements such as Brimelow’s. There is a definite sense among the media that Flash is dying as a platform, something that most developers would second – and then some. Lance Ulanoff from PC Magazine called the Steve Jobs Flash bash “an incredible attack on Flash, (one that) could shake its very foundations.”.
Article Sources
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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