Adobe Flash: Just because Steve Jobs says it's bad doesn't mean it's good

Steve Jobs' self-serving Thoughts on Flash were controversial to say the least. Yes, he was hypocritical and self-serving (as usual), but he certainly wasn't wrong.

Adobe wants everyone to treat Flash as if it is an open standard, but they haven't made it open source. They made some parts of it open source, but not the parts that matter - and as a result, developers are constantly left wondering which platforms are going to work.



As a friend said, "Apple seems just as evil as Microsoft, just not as
successful. And Jobs seems even more evil than Bill Gates. Certainly
a bigger bastard." I totally question Steve Jobs' motives in wanting to crush Flash, but I don't think Adobe deserves a great deal of sympathy.