Google| Subject | Re: Playbook 2.0 |
| From | ed |
| Date | 02/29/2012 05:29 (02/28/2012 20:29) |
| Message-ID | <3195502.36.1330489743826.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbw15> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | KDT |
| Followups | Nashton (8h & 38m) KDT (13h & 23m) > ed |
On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:14:21 PM UTC-8, KDT wrote:
? =A0if not, you're main point (if you insist on sticking with your retarde= d definition of abandoned) appears to be that 3gs might only be *secretly* = abandoned, which is somehow be better? =A0 :DWe don't have to guess whether flash will be supported on new chipsets, OS versions, etc. Adobe has said such. Has Apple said the same thing about the 3GS?ed
no, they haven't announced such. =A0but do you seriously expect them to=
amount you chose, above $100, up to a few grand, alternative bets considere= d) that ios 5.0x will not work on newer 'chipsets' used in iphones. =A0by y= our definition above, that would appear to make it abandoned in your mind. = =A0so, are you willing to concede that ios 5.0x is not abandoned, or would = you like to make that bet? =A0;Dalternatively, i'd be willing to bet you some dollars (pretty much any =
KDTdoesn't change the concept. ios 5- abandonware in your mind, or not? =20
=20 =20 You're not that stupid. Adobe has stated that *no* version of Flash will be supported on future versions of mobile OS's, chipsets, or browsers.
but fyi, i didn't think you were stupid enough to consider currently update= d software as abandoned, but hey, you're trying really hard to prove me wro= ng. ;D =20
If a developer creates an app today targeting Flash on mobile, it will not be supported by future versions of Android by Adobe. If an iOS developer develops an iOS app for iOS 5, more than likely it will still work with the next version of iOS =20 So I guess everyone in the tech industry is retarded....tense is important, and so is reading the article for details rather than s= kimming the headlines, which you obviously didn't do- thanks for providing = all the links to show that it's not abandon-ware at this point btw. to be = clear- as i said, it's clearly being sunsetted, but that's not the same as = currently abandoned.
Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/adobe-kills-mobile-flash/ "Jobs Was Right: Adobe Abandons Mobile Flash, Backs HTML5""Adobe will soon cease developing its Flash Player plug-in for mobile brows= ers. Adobe said it would abandon mobile flash development, nudge developers= to the Adobe Air platform and wholeheartedly back what had been a rival ap= proach =97 HTML5."
*would* abandon *will soon*
i.e. in the future, but not yet. =20
News.com http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57321157-264/adobe-abandons-flash-plug-=in-for-mobile-devices-report/
*will abandon*
CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57321344-501465/adobe-abandons-fla=sh-player-on-mobile-browsers-for-html5/
=20 eWeek http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Adobe-Abandons-Flash-for-Mob=ile-What-It-Means-to-Developers-408610/
=20 Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/10/adobe-abandoning-flash-player-for-tvs-=as-well/
certainly not abandoned here- In a statement to GigaOM, Adobe said that it = would "continue to support existing licensees who are planning on supportin= g Flash Player for web browsing on digital home devices and are using the F= lash Player Porting Kit'
Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/josephhargett/2011/11/09/steve-jobs-vindicate=d-adobe-reportedly-abandoning-mobile-flash-plug-in/
" We will continue to support the current Android and PlayBook configuratio= ns with critical bug fixes and security updates.=94
Telegraph UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8879783/Adobe-abandons-Flash-f=or-mobile-devices.html
=20 The BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15648899'"We will of course continue to provide critical bug fixes and security upd= ates for existing device configurations."'
Gigaom http://gigaom.com/video/flash-tv-future/ =20 WinSupersite: http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/mobile-computing-devic=es/making-lemonade-adobe-abandons-flash-mobile-devices-pursue-html-5-141218
02/22/2012-
