The endgame for any "platform" software technology is an open, freely available, ubiquitous spec. Flash is, within its current domain, ubiquitous and free-as-in

The endgame for any "platform" software technology is an open, freely available, ubiquitous spec. Flash is, within its current domain, ubiquitous and free-as-in-beer. Only the open part is missing... And that means that it could be dethroned on mobile devices: unique Flash builds everywhere will increase the cost of the platform over time, become a support nightmare, and eventually make users switch to a more open alternative. As it stands platforms other than Windows and Mac are second-class citizens, either having buggy/lowered performance(Linux), or supporting only older versions of SWF. (Wii Opera, mobiles) This is not a good track record. So Adobe should be applauded for this move. They aren't stupid, and they still will have some control over the spec into the near future, since they possess the premier dev tools. (I love MTASC/haXe/SWFMill, but must admit that they have shortcomings.)