Adobe’s Flash

Steve Jobs Steps Up Attack on Adobe’s Flash

Posted in Adobe’s Flash on September 1st, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment

Apple’s CEO says the software has “major technical drawbacks,” widening a rift between the companies.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote a rare, 29-paragraph open letter on Apr. 29, panning Adobe Systems’ Flash video software as having “major technical drawbacks”—and deepening a rift between the companies.
Jobs used the posting on Apple’s (AAPL) Web site to outline six reasons Flash shouldn’t be used for mobile devices and to say his company has “few joint interests” with Adobe (ADBE). He said the decision to bar Flash from Apple’s devices stems from concern over the technology, not to keep from losing business.
Apple’s exclusion of Flash from the iPad and iPhone reflects the company’s aim to control the way games and other applications are created for its devices, says Charlie Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Co. who has a buy rating on Apple shares. Wolf says Apple’s decision “makes sense.” The company wants developers “on the same page and using Apple’s development tools.”