It's just commercial tactics. You'd never guess he has his own tied-in development system to support. Why wouldn't he knock flash?
hworke wrote: > http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100201/tc_pcworld/stevejobsdissesapplerivalsduringtownhallmeeting > > > Jobs has previously called out Adobe Flash, currently the > dominant animation platform on the Web, for being "too slow to be useful" and > Flash Lite, Adobe's versio n of Flash for mobile devices, as not advanced > enough for the iPhone. So it's no surprise to hear Jobs called out Flash > during Apple's Town Hall, but his language this time sounds a little over the > top. Jobs reportedly called Adobe a lazy company, and said that when a Mac > crashes it's usually because of Flash. > > Whether or not that's true, it's clear that Jobs is not a fan of Adobe's > multimedia platform. The iPhone is routinely criticized for its inability to > render Flash-based Web pages, videos and games, and early criticisms about > the iPad also decry the lack of Flash compatibility on Apple's latest device. > > > > ------------------------------------ >
