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Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

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Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

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Exactly, they won't make the same mistake twice. History is foremost in everyone's mind right now.

Unfortunately they haven't learned the other part of their history that got them almost bankrupted.

That part was about allowing Mac clones and having too long line of the products. Exactly the things Jobs abolished.

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

#52

I'm sorry, but I really don't give a damn. There's a lot of speculation here (and elsewhere), and until I hear anything official from Apple I refuse to get too wound up.

You seriously think that if this were just a misunderstanding, they would let all of this Apple hate grow and grow for over 24 hours? They would have issued a statement clarifying things by the end of business hours yesterday if this "speculation" were wrong.

I'm not so sure. They were content to let the whole iPhone NDA thing fester for months.

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

#53
post #46

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> Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment . . .

I clarified my comment -- there is a distinction between an official adobe blog, and a blog by an official representative of Adobe.

Be that as it may, I said nothing about the blog being Adobes official blog, only that I was surprised by license and freedom they give to their rep.

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

#55
post #25

So, there are a couple things here that jump to my mind. 1. Adobe isn't completely innocent. They're pretty close to a monopoly on their type of software and charge dearly for it (their Creative Suite costs as much as a MacBook Pro). They've done a lot to make sure there are no non-Adobe Flash players even when that's just hurting customers and not costing them money since they don't sell the player. They're not exac…

> Jobs wanted web apps. Developers balked. Web apps would have been cross-platform (at least with Android and webOS). Apple responded to developers and now they've seen their chance to lock users and developers to their system.

Jobs didn't want web apps, he wanted no apps. Web apps would have been more than useful given the right js APIs. It wouldn't have done a thing for games, but there's a great deal of stuff you could technically build in html + js if it were a true first class development environment.

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

#56
post #46

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> Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment . . .

I clarified my comment -- there is a distinction between an official adobe blog, and a blog by an official representative of Adobe.

I don't think people care about the technical difference. In practical terms, if you are an "official representative", you should keep your personal views to yourself, as people will assume your "view" is influenced by the company that pays your salary.

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

#57
Quite possibly the lamest blog post ever from an Adobe employee - and there have been a good deal already.

I personally reason entirely with Apple's choice. I understand every bit of it (and it's not just my fervent zeal of dislike for the obese, sluggish behemoth that Flash has become.)

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I clarified my comment -- there is a distinction between an official adobe blog, and a blog by an official representative of Adobe.

Be that as it may, I said nothing about the blog being Adobes official blog, only that I was surprised by license and freedom they give to their rep.

Especially compared to the restrictive, 1984-style Apple employees. Apple has become big brother.

Re: Apple Slaps Developers In The Face

#59
post #16

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theflashblog.com is not an official Adobe blog. Let me clarify -- theflashblog.com is not produced by Adobe, the company. It is written by an official representative of Adobe, but it is not the official response of Adobe the company, and the site is not an official Adobe site.

> Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment . . .

"Disclaimer -- This is my personal blog. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. "
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