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Would Apple Buy Adobe? I Doubt It.

Eric,

Your thought about Cringely are commendable.

Here's my plea: Apply your critical thinking to other analysts you cover! I'm thinking of Toni, the Counter, Sacconaghi and Scott, the 'Informed Wall Streeter', Morritz. These guys MAKE UP THINGS out of thin air, just as wild ass crazy as Cringely, YET YOU ONLY REPEAT THEIR DRIVEL w/o commenting critically as you have here.

Please Eric, do this for your readership; you'll sleep better knowing you did the RIGHT THING. (We're suspecting you'd rather get clicks than be thoughtful. Is that true?)

Can Apple's Resistance to Flash Content Last?

Dana,

You're missing the point. Apple is very committed to EXCELLENT stds based solutions. It has standardized to H.264. H.264 is light, performant, capable, elegant and a std. Flash Lite is propietary, non-performant, klugey.

Apple will do everything it can to avoid supporting FL. However, they're a business, and if MS and Adobe make FL a defacto (although suboptimal) std Apple will support it.

Note, however, Apple is leaving it to MS and Adobe to 'make the sale'. Who knows? Maybe Adobe ships a major, great upgrade to FL and then everyone will be happy.