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Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <hmvr2d$o36$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
> John Slade <hhitman86@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
>>        I don't think Apple is being the lone voice against the overuse 
>> of Flash even though it is overused. Maybe if Apple had not allowed 
>> Flash to run on OS X, then I might change my mind but that's not the 
>> case.
> 
> Flash runs very well under OS X of course, it has too, or OS X would 
> have long since disappeared.
> It's banned from other Apple devices for 
> reasons I don't understand.

      Apple tends to be very xenophobic when it comes to their 
OS and hardware. I'm bet a hacked version of the mobile Flash 
version will make it's way to Apple's "i" devices.

> Adobe have some very tasty open-source (and free) software these days 
> too. Flex 4 (Gumbo) is fun -- develop serious Flash "apps" with emacs 
> and mxml. Flash isn't going to go away because iSteve is "taking a 
> stand" or some such nonsense. Same with Winders, for that matter.

      Apple is great at getting it's followers to believe 
everything that pops out of Jobs' mouth. I remember when Apple 
intentionally put out a firmware update that would disable any 
Mac with a third party CPU upgrade. This was an effort to force 
people to buy a new Mac rather than upgrade the CPU. Apple told 
every lie in the book including my favorite one. Apple claimed 
it was for "software stability". In the end there was a 
workaround and Apple wound up with egg on their face.

     With the iPad, I really get a laugh out of the slogan they 
picked to sell it. They claim "It's magical!".

John