[osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis]

Thanks for the links, but can you summarize their import here, beyond
suggesting Adobe is deepening Linux support for the Flash platform? My
point was simply that just because a single company makes your
software is no guarantee of ongoing support. Companies change their
priorities, just like open source developers do. For example, IBM
recently dropped the work it had been doing on Linux accessibility.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis

On 8/9/07, John Dowdell <jdowdell at adobe.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
> jd
>
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