On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Vitaliy <piclist@maksimov.org> wrote:
> http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
>
> "I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe's Flash products so t=
hat
> customers and critics may better understand why we do not allow Flash on
> iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe has characterized our decision as being
> primarily business driven - they say we want to protect our App Store - b=
ut
> in reality it is based on technology issues. Adobe claims that we are a
> closed system, and that Flash is open, but in fact the opposite is true. =
Let
> me explain."
>

Quote:
"We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of
software come
between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard a=
pps
and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. If developers grow
dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take
advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to
adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding
if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.

This becomes even worse if the third party is supplying a cross platform
development tool. The third party may not adopt enhancements from one
platform unless they are available on all of their supported platforms.
Hence developers only have access to the lowest common denominator
set of features. Again, we cannot accept an outcome where developers
are blocked from using our innovations and enhancements because they
are not available on our competitor=92s platforms."

Conclusion: Apple wants control the ecosystem. It is a CLOSED
system where Apple has the control. This is not a bad thing
for Apple as proved by the star business performance.



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