From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 22:53:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36EEE106566C for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:53:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp104.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp104.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CBFB38FC08 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:53:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6095 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2010 22:53:12 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=eSwqp24nQqxcOoq/IIo6mLg+9+p628q94Jtw+9zi8ybWBSAzn1nE4iVnjcjALh70YiA0HsgxKcepcqecc1kkdwxs962E6CQce2AuHzwqlH2nCQgiJiWZEXoH1Y8cYkaWhuWe4ARdD0ljD+5Xovu4FSWRyQnMJkjnD0VZBbMNjFQ= ; Received: from c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.160.65 with login) by smtp104.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 05 Mar 2010 14:53:12 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: IfvnCdgVM1meFFB6SVdx2sEc1kYWN3VdqA0_0d3LeGAg16ceFub9WOm9JjSAq43Iv04joXhRZiWlMAjUm_yJWIRipGWuQC37v4ip5ntFU8RYegtIR61VKqpWiYXOOLFRpvYRTNvb45LYM0KRncExbAtDsaCfzIsEYRNNGttj..7k76yDMiZxvaBc9TL7_FIjJ5zGseL7yD2tJertMiss4ekllGLaMghEON2dTvLDvHuFo7.9As2iKsWLPodyNkzfqfnlKzwI1_NwIzVsXrlR8nbAHHwh87r3tOWbgfSyavW_PhZhwuHCDcBxEYi55JdNlRZz7ZBLVlNuRblbOcgsNAM- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8DB3D22825 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:53:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:53:11 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100305175311.7ebacf30@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20100305051415.GA1847@gmail.com> <20100305065837.660d3ebd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100305110049.GA10715@gmail.com> <20100305161210.GA46349@gmail.com> <20100305171233.GB1500@gmail.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Flash viewer for FBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:53:13 -0000 On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:54:40 +0100 C. P. Ghost 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.