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Obviously there is a whole flash ecosystem that Adobe profits from. If html 5 helps move the market away from Flash, Adobe's influence and market position would
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Obviously there is a whole flash ecosystem that Adobe profits from. If html 5 helps move the market away from Flash, Adobe's influence and market position would be impacted. Going from a position of controlling Flash to being one of many html 5 tools companies is not in their best interest. So, its understandable that a public company is digging in their heals, but its up to the community to help push through the politics.
- hyperbovine 17y agoThey only profit from the sale of the authoring tools; the runtime is free. (In fact they're probably paying everyone to preload Flash.) Their content authoring suite has no real competitor. I can see culturally why they are so wedded to Flash (they spent $3.4 billion on it four years ago) but it's not like CS* sales would crater if everyone switched to HTML5 (assuming Adobe tools started writing HTML5). If anything the market would grow. I think Adobe knows this. The writing is on the wall so far as Flash is concerned.
- ryanhuff 17y ago6% of Adobe's revenues come from Platform segment, which includes Flash Player, AIR, Cold Fusion, Flex and the Flash developer tool. ($181M in 2009). While Adobe would survive if Flash disappeared tomorrow.. In the end, Adobe's actions speak for themselves. They are heavily promoting Flash. http://news.ebrandz.com/miscellaneous/2009/2472-adobe-unfolds-flash-to-media-inks-strategic-alliance-with-time-warner-companies-.html http://news.ebrandz.com/miscellaneous/2009/2472-adobe-unfold... I agree that the writing is on the wall, but Adobe isn't going to watch millions of dollars in revenue disappear without a fight.