I agree. By 'embarrass' I meant embarrass Apple into accepting Flash. I don't think it will work.
On Oct 3, 2:20 pm, "Kevin J. Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think saying the only purpose is to for Adobe to "embarrass" Apple is > a bit too cynical. > > I think it's more likely that they are trying to get some public > customer pressure going. But that won't work, either. > > More > detailhttp://soi.kd6.us/2008/10/03/so-i-doubt-well-get-flash-or-java-on-the... > but basically, Flash and Java would break Apple's control over the > iPhone platform - the control that they've tried to maintain by not > releasing an SDK until forced to by the community, then keeping that SDK > under tight wraps until it was forced open, and by keeping the > applications developed with the SDK tightly controlled both in > distribution and in functionality. > > When users and developers defect to other platforms, and when Adobe and > Sun deliver versions of Flash and Java that let Apple control the > applications delivered to the iPhone, Apple will let it happen. > > kb > > BikingBill wrote: > > It was Adobe's attempt to embarrass Apple. You are not the only > > person who thought it was 'real'. Sorry if I upset you. > > > On Oct 2, 12:43 pm, anmldr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> If it was s stunt, it wasn't by me. I fell for the stunt and I > >> apologize for posting here. > > >> Linda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
