Adobe Responds to Apple, is Fine With Breakup
Adobe says that it is totally over Apple and is ready to move on.
Yesterday, Steve Jobs made it painfully clear what Apple's stance was towards Adobe and Flash – not going to happen for iPhone OS devices.
Adobe quickly responded in its blog section, essentially saying that they won't bother sticking around if they're not wanted. Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe, wrote in a post titled "Moving Forward" that the company will be shifting "to all the other major participants in the mobile ecosystem, including Google, RIM, Palm (soon to be HP), Microsoft, Nokia and others." Basically, no Apple.
This morning Apple posted some thoughts about Flash on their web site. The primary issue at hand is that Apple is choosing to block Adobe's widely used runtimes as well as a variety of technologies from other
providers.Clearly, a lot of people are passionate about both Apple and Adobe and our technologies. We feel confident that were Apple and Adobe to work together as we are with a number of other partners, we could provide a terrific experience with Flash on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
However, as we posted last week, given the legal terms Apple has imposed on developers, we have already decided to shift our focus away from Apple's iPhone and iPad devices for both Flash Player and AIR. We are working to bring Flash Player and AIR to all the other major participants in the mobile ecosystem, including Google, RIM, Palm (soon to be HP), Microsoft, Nokia and others.
We look forward to delivering Flash Player 10.1 for Android smartphones as a public preview at Google I/O in May, and then a general release in June. From that point on, an ever increasing number and variety of powerful, Flash-enabled devices will be arriving which we hope will provide a great landscape of choice.
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Awww you want it really don't you, there there there...while you off crying, rest of us shall enjoy the BENEFITS of an open platform!!!
I blame Facebook.
It is afterall, accountable in 60% of breakups.
I hope Apple continue to cut Adobe off like this, and then Adobe cuts production of their applications to their platform.
Unfortunately, as the midless masses rule the world, Adobe will come off worse because of this.
Unfortunately, as the midless masses rule the world, Adobe will come off worse because of this.
It depends on how one ignorant fool tells another their version of what happened.
Apple don't want a buggy platform clogging up the iphones. Thats it.
I hope Apple continue to cut Adobe off like this, and then Adobe cuts production of their applications to their platform.
Adobe just finished writing CS5 in native 64 bit cocoa, and a large portion of their sales are for the Apple platform, they aren't going anywhere with their major products like photoshop, illustrator, after effects, etc.
This is an example of a mountain being made out of a molehill. They very simply said "no flash on iPhone/iPad." I would love to have flash on my iPhone, and right now the iPad is a piece of junk IMHO, but Jobs did make at least 3 of 5 valid points the other day (such as hardware vs software decoding). Should that be his choice? Probably not, but let's face it, that's one reason many hate Apple. They simply shouldn't buy the device or support Apple in areas they disagree with them. Pretty simple really...its called voting with your feet. I wish they would work with Adobe more on this, but to say Adobe is going somewhere if this continues is absurd. Why would you HOPE that anyway? Many people base their incomes on their creative work, and a good portion of that work is done on Macs. Are you trying to force people into a decision (ie, buying a non Apple pc) like you accuse Apple of forcing people into things? I'm not a fan of some of their decisions either, but your statement could effect many outside of Apple, perhaps you should consider such things before you write.
Adobe should have invested alot more time and money in the mobile version of flash and in the multi-touch compatibility a long time ago. Iphone has been a long time in the market and Apple is not going to wait for Adobe.
BUT not supporting Flash at all is kinda stupid... I never liked a browser that can't open web pages. And having separate Apps for every Video Site out there is kind of stupid.