From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 00:28:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757341065675 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@ixsystems.com) Received: from smtp119.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp119.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.64.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56D6D8FC23 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@ixsystems.com) Received: (qmail 35920 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2008 00:01:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO client-179.nat.ixsystems.net) (syndivision@att.net@206.40.55.65 with plain) by smtp119.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Jun 2008 00:01:56 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Tk8x87cVM1mLOqsU3NBzg.uIb74jPYh5SrTIDUDp.ftARKGs1xj1XMFQ_2lWZZjw8YbYEADdMKF17nqZEvOgEzkAqrho0GKzKd2jj7yvrB4r4k7GYjUToK3mq6b2fxI- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-Id: From: Matt Olander To: John Kozubik In-Reply-To: <20080619154909.A1807@kozubik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:01:55 -0700 References: <20080619135114.Y1807@kozubik.com> <485AD73C.4080605@FreeBSD.org> <20080619154909.A1807@kozubik.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org, Pietro Cerutti Subject: Re: Lack of Flash support is no longer acceptable. Bounty established... X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:28:37 -0000 On Jun 19, 2008, at 3:57 PM, John Kozubik wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> John Kozubik wrote: >> | >> | Don't shoot the messenger: >> | >> | >> | FreeBSD is not useful as a desktop environment without the >> ability to >> | support Flash in a stable, well-performing fashion. >> >> gnash-devel provides flash 9 and works pretty well... > > > That's why I discounted that as a solution. I am a FreeBSD desktop > user, > not a FreeBSD desktop developer. I, and many others, do not have > time to > hack around with gnash working "pretty well". I have been working with Adobe management and the Flash development team for quite some time. It seems, just as with the redistribution agreement we worked out with them, the legal department is most likely the hold up. I will have an update for the FreeBSD community within the next couple of months. In the meantime, just in case, it could be worthwhile to further our support of linux-flash9 under FreeBSD. best, -matt -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101