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> Flash was a 2nd class citizen on Linux. Get the point you are making, but it was more that Linux was a 2nd class citizen for Adobe than flash was a 2nd class
by cat199 6y ago
> Flash was a 2nd class citizen on Linux.
Get the point you are making, but it was more that Linux was a 2nd class citizen for Adobe than flash was a 2nd class citizen on linux (though people would have still wanted a free/libre alternative even if Adobe fully supported linux)
- DannyB2 6y agoLinux wasn't a 2nd class citizen to the people who used Linux. Thus some people see Flash as an anomaly that needs to be replaced by web standards that are so good that Flash becomes unnecessary. That way all platforms get rich client capabilities including ones that weren't even invented yet (Raspberry Pi, Fuchsia, others). You can only see Flash as a good thing if you're using one of the platforms that are more equal than others. (And I include Java Applets, ActiveX, and Silverlight along with Flash.)