Just because it's been the only viable solution, doesn't mean it's a good one. Between, slow speed, a history of horrible support for non-windows system, a kl

Just because it's been the only viable solution, doesn't mean it's a good one. Between, slow speed, a history of horrible support for non-windows system, a kludge of vector animations morphed into other purposes with plenty of cruft along the way. Also security vulnerabilities... And how long has that been the situation? Additionally it's not the lack of an open source solution, it's that the worlds most popular web browser (IE) has been off doing it's own thing, mostly reacting, rather then advancing. Microsoft's solution to Flash is their own VM/Plugin (SilverLight, before that ActiveX). It furthers their platform and technology stack. Lastly, Adobe themselves does not have the best track record in software development. See http://adobegripes.tumblr.com http://adobegripes.tumblr.com