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It depends upon what management has as their goal. If they want flash everywhere than they need to make sure it works on places like 64bit Linux. If they are
by icefox 15y ago
It depends upon what management has as their goal. If they want flash everywhere than they need to make sure it works on places like 64bit Linux. If they are in the final days of the product (which it seems like they are) they just trying to milk it for what it is worth before it dies (i.e. make sure those XP users are not too unhappy).
- brudgers 15y agoGiven that there is a viable option for 64 bit Linux users (i.e. 32 bit browsers), the only practical result from the development of a 64 bit Linux version of Flash Player is to placate a handful of zealots not a significant market segment. It is inevitable that Flash will not be everywhere - it will not even be on a significant portion of mobile devices, e.g. iphones.
- greyfade 15y agoBut why no 64-bit support on Windows or Mac OS X, where 64-bit is on track to become the norm? The lack of 64-bit for Linux is just a symptom of what seems to be a problem at Adobe.
- brudgers 15y agoThe same solution to the Flash on 64 bit browser issues which applies to Linux applies to Windows as well - running a 32 bit browser is hardly a big deal. The reasons for a lack of 64 bit OSX support are left as an exercise for the reader.
- reemrevnivek 15y agoTranslating "Everywhere" as "The top 3 browsers on Windows x86" was probably a reasonable approximation for a while, and will probably work for a long time to come. They've got decent penetration to the other 15% of the desktop computing market and didn't really have much of a chance in mobile, so I'd say that a decline to the previous definition of "Everywhere" isn't too terribly bad.