Steve Jobs seems to be saying that Abode Flash and Apple products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad will definitely never be seen together, according to Fox News. Tech fans were wondering if jobs would cave to the pressure, as flash videos are still used often on websites. However, Steve Jobs' "Thoughts on Flash " letter should mean less cash today for Adobe, as the Apple CEO gives six arguments for why Flash video won't mix with the iCrowd. Jobs has serious philosophical and technical concerns about Adobe Flash, chief among them the fact that Flash videos frequently cause OS crashes.

Steve Jobs Flash call draws Adobe's ire

Fox News reports that Adobe Flash evangelist Lee Brimelow didn't say anything nice regarding Steve Jobs and his Flash stance:

“Speaking purely for myself, I would like to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself, Apple."

Apple didn’t want to respond to this. Jobs is more interested in pointing out that Flash is proprietary product, and that he is against closed products that "stifle innovation." He would rather have HTML5 as an open standards platform. Job’s argument didn’t include the fact that most Apple products are also propriety, but he was just starting. He then continues on by reminding readers that Flash is an old technology that could be replaced with "more modern formats" like H.264 that won’t cause as many crashes.

Flash, Flash, crash

What seems to be the real problem? Flash gets in the way according to Steve Jobs. As he puts it in “Thoughts on Flash,”:

"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 apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers."

How did Adobe feel about being called a balding third wheel? Aside from such eloquent statements as Brimelow's, all is quiet on the Adobe front. There is a sense that Flash is dying in media, something developers agree with, and some other people. Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine called the Steve Jobs Flash bash "an incredible attack on Flash, (one that) could shake its very foundations.".

Resources

Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/29/flash-iphone-apples-steve-jobs-finally-explains/?test=latestnews

Thoughts on Flash

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/