From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 6 11:15:41 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 575C3106564A for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-bw0-f224.google.com (mail-bw0-f224.google.com [209.85.218.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E836B8FC12 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz24 with SMTP id 24so3040675bwz.13 for ; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:15:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.131.207 with SMTP id y15mr1508830bks.69.1267874137150; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:15:37 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [85.116.204.54] In-Reply-To: <20100306100107.076b65be.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100305120021.52F79106566B@hub.freebsd.org> <20100306044916.ce02523e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100306100107.076b65be.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:15:37 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash viewer for FBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:15:41 -0000 On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Polytropon wrote: > If they don't want to make one, there's no way to convince > them. Since the majority of free and standardized operating > systems isn't oriented at market share, there is no reason > for Adobe to follow a crying "Please!" :-) There is only one way to convince them: through legislation! You may live in a world of bliss where you can access your online bank via standardized HTML, where you can fill in your IRS (or equivalent) forms, various applications etc. without Flash, but many parts of the world are a lot more dependent on Flash. Of course, one can always send complaints to those banks and public services who use Flash-only interfaces, but those complaints usually get ignored and thrown in the grey dumpster. If you try to escalate your complaint, the letter goes from the grey into the red dumpster, but you're still effectively locked out. That's the problem with near-monopolies of proprietary formats: sometimes you can't escape them and have to resort to tricks (like emulations etc...) to make them work. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/