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I mentioned before that one of Apple’s weaknesses (although they stubbornly point this out as a strength) is that they don’t accept flash in their iPod touch, iPhone or even the much coveted iPad. Steve Jobs made a little something something about why he chose not to allow Flash to work on Apple Hardware. Now, we have Adobe’s Response to Apple or Adobe’s Response to Steve Jobs for that matter. Adobe co-founders Chuck Geschke and John Warnock have just recently responded. This is through an open letter on the company’s website and full-page ads in several newspapers, including the  Los Angeles Times and  Washington Post . “We believe that Apple … has taken a step that could undermine this next chapter of the web — the chapter in which mobile devices outnumber computers, any individual can be a publisher, and content is accessed anywhere and at any time,” the co-founders wrote. Jobs mentioned last month that Adobe Flash was a closed system, and that he preferred newer, open Web standards like HTML5. The Adobe co-founders made a counter statement that Flash is open, and that no one company should determine the future of the Web. “In the end, we believe the question is really this: Who controls the World Wide Web? And we believe the answer is: nobody — and everybody, but certainly not a single company,” reads the letter from Adobe. Adobe Response to Apple’s “Flash Dispute” is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →