On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 09:45 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: > On 21/05/07, Jon Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I expect that when GNU Flash is complete, Adobe will accept that there is > > no gain from proprietary Flash plugin then, and open it up to us > > The $10M venture capital is for a reason: Adobe charges _a_lot_ of > money for embedding Flash in devices, and doesn't port it to most > devices. A free Flash technology platform - player and media server > primarily, authoring environment secondarily - that doesn't cost > millions _per_year_ in licensing, that you are free to port to > whatever architecture _your_ engineers decide is most appropriate for > your device, is worth paying for.
But how do the VCs get their money back? Where is the revenue stream to pay them their 10m back with a 70% internal rate of return? > It is unlikely Adobe is going to cede that lucrative market without a fight. > -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
