[osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released

[John Dowdell]

> History shows that having Adobe develop your Flash Player is no
> guarantee of continuous support. The Adobe Flash Player on Linux
> skipped an entire version of the specification. During the interval
> (August 2005 to January 2007), some new Flash web content simply
> didn't work on Linux.

If you're worried about such thoughts, then checking into history might help:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/12/linux_06_wrapup.cfm
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/11/betlem_on_linux.cfm
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/10/linux_player_di.cfm

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