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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:11:47 -0600
From:      Programmer in Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: concerning flash under freebsd
Message-ID:  <20100615161147.j4gokl7rk8sgwssw@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
In-Reply-To: <07A440BE-D29A-44CA-9F2D-16D1314A8B24@mac.com>
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Quoting Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>:

> On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Programmer in Training wrote:
> [ ... ]
>> While that may be, try telling that to your 4 yr old nephew who  =20
>> likes to play those flash based games on PBS Kids. Almost all  =20
>> Internet video has moved to flash as well (such as all the sermons  =20
>> on sermons.net which my church uses). Flash is buggy, I'll give you =20
>>  that, but "Don't install it." is not an option for a lot of people.
>
> Adobe supports Windows, MacOSX, Linux, and Solaris (from  =20
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions ).  If it is  =20
> important to you that Flash works well, you should either persuade  =20
> Adobe to provide a FreeBSD version, or you should switch to using  =20
> one of the platforms on which Flash is supported.
>
> Regards,
> --
> -Chuck

I had little of the problems described in the original post (aside =20
from needing an alias for killing flash, I never actually thought of =20
making one until now). It doesn't change the fact that "Don't install =20
it." isn't a valid option. I also take issue with the "well use a =20
supported OS" schtick. I will tell Adobe to provide a FreeBSD-native =20
release, though it would be nice to know I won't be the only one. I'm =20
actually going right now to do so. Who's with me?

--=20
Yours in Christ,

PIT
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