Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:53:11 -0500 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash viewer for FBSD Message-ID: <20100305175311.7ebacf30@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <d74eb87c1003050954x2d537661w48d63ba1b350de94@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100305051415.GA1847@gmail.com> <20100305065837.660d3ebd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100305110049.GA10715@gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP204A23AA4CAF80798AA138DC380@phx.gbl> <20100305161210.GA46349@gmail.com> <d74eb87c1003050842q29e69eb9k561517f077e7bb1f@mail.gmail.com> <20100305171233.GB1500@gmail.com> <d74eb87c1003050954x2d537661w48d63ba1b350de94@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:54:40 +0100 C. P. Ghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> articulated: > Of course, it's all a matter of personal tastes, likes and dislikes. > I'd rather have a native flash plugin for FreeBSD/amd64 too (Firefox > and Opera), but this is unlikely in the near future, knowing the > miserable track record of Adobe's FreeBSD "support". ;-) There are dozens of utility programs available for Windows that I would love to have available on FreeBSD; however, that just is not going to happen. I have personally contacted the authors of several of these programs and have been told that they have no intention in investing countless time and money on a product that they would never be able to make a profit on. My absolute favorite password manager/generator "RoboForm", said that they would probably never invest in a *.nix version. They couldn't see how they could generate a profit doing so. Plus, I was told that due to the number of 'flavors' that *.nix/BSD comes in, writing and support would be enormous. However, they said they would keep it in mind. Adobe, a commercial entity, obviously feels that the cost of supporting the FreeBSD community is not a financially prudent business venture. In the finally analysis, it is their product to do with as they see fit, unless the socialist EC starts to stick their fascist nose into someone else's business. Adobe never stated that they would support FreeBSD; at least as far as I can tell. That would sort of eliminate any pseudo "Breach of Contract" accusation against them. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | Fortune favors the lucky.
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