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by wmeredith 5058 days ago
Well, stop saying. This is like arguing about the features of a lake when everyone else is playing in the ocean. Flash is proprietary and it doesn't run on mobile. These are both near show-stoppers in, and of, themselves. Combine the two and well, it doesn't matter what else it does.

Until flash runs on mobile and/or is an open standard, it won't be relevant to the future of the web most developers (myself included) want to build.
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daleharvey 5058 days ago
Exactly this, the fact that its available in open standards is a game changer for me.

The fact that it has been possible with various other technologies for years is not news (for me)

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novalis 5058 days ago
About that ; You can code ActionScript Flash/Flex and run the compiled applications on Google Android, Apple iOS and on BlackBerry Tablet OS.

This is possible through the use of the Flex SDK that is under the open source Mozilla Public License, for some time now.

As for the lake/ocean analogy attempt, not so much.

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