[redial]

Everything can be anything given enough work and time, even JavaScript. The truth is nobody wanted to do all the work required, not even Adobe. Flash's demise is not on Apple, or Google, or Macromedia. It is entirely on Adobe for failing to adapt and modernize it to make it competitive.

[thinkloop]

It seems we agree on all points. If Adobe was good, flash could have been the mobile platform. That's too large a risk for Apple to take.