thanks lee brimelow for this amazing post http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888
On 11 April 2010 23:00, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) < [email protected]> wrote: > OK, that sort of makes sense - the "sort of" because cross-platform > compiled apps can already be accepted or rejected at the app store level. If > money from developers was a major cash flow avenue, this would make total > sense but compared to the app store, it's not, AFAIK. It seems it would be > a financial benefit for Apple to have a larger pool of apps to choose to > sell or not, regardless of how they were developed. > > Here's another "settling old scores" theory, but between Apple and Adobe > themselves as opposed to the Apple vs MS theory I recently suggested, > > "In 1996 when Apple was seemingly on the ropes, Adobe made a crucial > business decision and one that is coming back to bite them in the ass. They > declared that their primary development platform would be Windows; > subsequently, every new application or major revision of a product was > introduced for Windows first and followed months later, sometimes never at > all, by a Mac version." > > > http://innerdaemon.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/sorry-adobe-you-screwed-yourself/ > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [ > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Watts [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:13 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] @#$% New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use > of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler > > > A lot of outrage hass been expressed, but there has to be a "why". Why? > > Because it makes economic sense for Apple, and it hurts a company that > Steve Jobs doesn't care for right now. > > If you don't allow cross-platform tools to work, developers have to > explicitly choose your platform. Right now, Apple has the market > advantage - lots of people have and want iPhones, iPads, etc. So > developers will choose to build for the Apple platform rather than > building for multiple platforms, giving the App Store a continuing > competitive advantage. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
