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There were such projects, e.g. Shumway and Gnash: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumway_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumway_(software) > https:
by q-big 4y ago
There were such projects, e.g. Shumway and Gnash:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumway_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumway_(software)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash_(software)
It is not Adobe's fault that these open-source projects did not succeed and their development ceased.
- tabtab 4y agoIt is partly Adobe's fault; they played legal games to scare away competitors. Plus, Flash was already falling out of favor by then. Competitors should have started in the late 90's. Also, cloning Flash also meant cloning its security flaws. To simplify the client and have less holes, shift more of the processing burden to the server side: it's easier to patch servers than user clients.