I would like to have an issue clarified: The author mentions that flash is completely controlled by adobe which makes apple uncomfortable. This is true practica

I would like to have an issue clarified: The author mentions that flash is completely controlled by adobe which makes apple uncomfortable. This is true practically, but theoretically, the swf format is open. Apple could come out with their own player if they wanted. Am I missing something important? Here is the spec for flash player 10. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/swf/pdf/swf_file_format_spec_v10.pdf http://www.adobe.com/devnet/swf/pdf/swf_file_format_spec_v10... There are a lot of open source flash projects. Here is a nice list I found: http://osflash.org/open_source_flash_projects http://osflash.org/open_source_flash_projects