From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 19 04:46:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624E516A406 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C787413C48A for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:46:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l3J4kHW5018811 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:46:17 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-7-142-221.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.7.142.221]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l3J4kGls006220 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:46:17 -0700 Message-ID: <4626F433.5070408@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:46:43 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <499c70c0704162200s15b0bf28oa939100c19c34b44@mail.gmail.com> <499c70c0704182059y41dbeb3aobf520522e94ee750@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0704182059y41dbeb3aobf520522e94ee750@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.4.18.213434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_PHRASE_6 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: MS, Adobe competition heats up, Will Adobe wake and port Flash to BSD? 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: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:46:18 -0000 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > On 4/18/07, illoai@gmail.com wrote: >> On 17/04/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: >> . . . >> > Porting Flash to more OSes will sure will make adobe beats MS when it >> > comes to web media. >> >> I hope they kill each other and take the whole >> retch-media enhanced web experience with >> them flaming into the pit of hell from which >> they came. >> >> But that's just my opinion. >> >> References: >> http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=boiling_blood > > I'm sorry but rich media is a fact in the web, and you can't ignore it. > > Flash is used with Yahoo! maps, and so with alot of useful apps like > stocks prices ..etc. > > Instead of ignoring it, we should see it ported to FreeBSD. Flash is a decent media, but it just gets abused like any other form of web-based media. Same goes for Javascript, Java, and even HTML. Flash is just easier to abuse than Java and Javascript because of the tools and delivery of content (audio and video, etc). -Garrett