On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> In a message dated: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 11:51:25 EST
> Benjamin Scott said:
>
> > They probably don't. For the vast majority of companies, the segment of the
> >population currently using Linux for web browsing (or who have Flash turned
> >off) is insignificant. It would cost them more in time and effort to fix
> >their website then the business they get from us.
>
> True, but supposedly Linux has surpassed Mac as a desktop platform, and they
> have both Mac-based clients and development tools.
>
... because most design shops use Macs.
Besides... who cares? From the looks of it, most folks here don't like
flash anyway, so who needs the editors to run under Linux?
If you _really_ want to, check out Perl::Flash:
http://www.2shortplanks.com/flash/
To be fair to Macromedia, they've had a (albeit rather buggy) flash plugin
for linux for some time. They've also opened the SWF standards:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/open/licensing/
and...
http://www.openswf.org
Of course, it's not GPLed. But hey, they wrote it, they get to pick the
license. ;)
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