Comments on: Apple Adobe War: How Adobe Screwed Itself (Round 1)

By: Web Evangelist

Web Evangelist — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:40:30 +0000

All you Itards don't realize you are being hustled by Steve Jobs. He is making you go to the app store so he can squeeze every last penny out of you. As soon as flash is accepted those apps you love will be in the browser and I'll be there two years later saying I told you so. For the moment steve jobs should milk all you idiots for all you are worth because his wave is coming to an end very soon!!!!

By: D B

D B — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:19:32 +0000

PDF is not the issue of the war. iPhone handles PDFs as does Apple's built-in OS and software (like Preview).

The technology Jobs was referring to was Flash, not PDF.

By: Ben Copeland

Ben Copeland — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:18:10 +0000

oh get out. I disagree, I'm with Adobe. I'm happy they are screwing over Apple. I'm not making this stand point either from being a Windows "fan boy".

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:57:33 +0000

Google docs.

By: MsTiki

MsTiki — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:37:37 +0000

You're right. The reason Apple rejects Flash isn't because of any past battles. Flash may be ubiquitous, but it is not stable and there is no reason Apple should support it. Simply because many people want it doesn't mean Apple is obligated to provide it. Clearly, the lack of Flash has not slowed down the growth of the iPhone, and it certainly won't stop people from buying iPads. It's a matter of time & resources. Flash would have taken too much of both for Apple to include it… so, it punted.

By: Sarbjeet Johal

Sarbjeet Johal — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:09:03 +0000

Its a biased openion from someone who does not like Adobe and loves Apple. Apple is NO open platform either. in fact they are most "closed" company even in this age!

By: Sarbjeet Johal

Sarbjeet Johal — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:07:00 +0000

PDF is indeep heavy (for what it does) but it does bring uniformaity to digital documents. Adobe should open it up as open source technology and let it improve.

What are other alternates for PDF documents (where you dont have to buy a piece of software to view a file)?

By: LouAnne

LouAnne — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:27:55 +0000

Let's start the "say no to PDF" club. That is a terrible application. I dislike Adobe and it has nothing to do with the relationship with Apple.

Flash has made a mess to website design too.

By: NMNMNMNM

NMNMNMNM — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:22:02 +0000

This article doesn't make sense. This is not a vindictive thing, people. If adobe has value to add, then apple should support flash and other adobe products. Why does it matter that adobe made a decision back in 1996 that, in hindsight, was wrong?

The arguments in this article should have centered around the emergence of good, standards-based alternatives that have reduced / eliminated the need for apple to support adobe's products.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:21:10 +0000

Finally, someone tells it like it is. I hate Adobe!