In his response to the Section 3.3.1 changes, Steve Jobs makes a very valid point that has been largely glossed over by the Apple vs Adobe narrative that is playing out on the web right now: We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and hinders…
A few interesting things have happened this past week that should remind us all of the perils of building your business on top of someone else’s platform: Fred Wilson’s recent post describing the future of the Twitter platform has left developers wondering if Twitter is going to integrate certain core features (URL shorteners, photo sharing…
My previous post on the Flash controversy brought up some interesting comments that I thought warranted further discussion. A number of bloggers have shared their opinions as well. Incidentally, this conversation has been going on for months on the web, the iPad announcement just seems to have reignited it. Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch posted: We…
Having done several years of Flash development and having worked with many Flash developers, the recent controversy between Apple and Adobe over Flash on the iPad is very amusing to me. First, there are a few arguments that I want to address directly: But Flash is the only way to deploy a consistent cross platform…
