More interesting to me is the fallout for the iPhone/iPad competitors who touted their ability to run Flash mobile.
Adobe should get back to what they were best at: making really excellent design tools. They have dropped the ball on some great products in their attempt to mimic micro$ by "embracing and destroying" their competitors... On 2011-11-09, at 23:30, Raju Bitter wrote: > And there seem to be some rumors that Microsoft will discontinue > Silverlight as well: > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-there-be-a-silverlight-6-and-does-it-matter/11180 > > "Several of my customer and partner contacts have told me they have > heard from their own Microsoft sources over the past couple of weeks > that Silverlight 5 is the last version of Silverlight that Microsoft > will release. They said they are unsure whether there will be any > service packs for it, and they are also not clear on how long > Silverlight 5 will be supported by Microsoft." > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Raju Bitter > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Adobe discontinues any development of mobile versions of Flash Player: >> http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html >> >> Adobe Falls After Plan to Cut 750 Jobs, Stop Flash Mobile >> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-09/adobe-falls-after-plan-to-cut-750-jobs-stop-flash-mobile.html >> >> They should have created a JavaScript/HTML5 generator for ActionScript >> 3 long ago. But this might very well be the beginning of the end of >> Flash as a relevant web technology. >>
