Dead is a rather harsh statement. It's true that the mobile market is flourishing and is more important now than ever, but what I see clearly is that adobe want

Dead is a rather harsh statement. It's true that the mobile market is flourishing and is more important now than ever, but what I see clearly is that adobe wants that market too and they seem to be investing in html5 tooling whilst maintaining their flash offering. So in the end it will come down to using the right tool/tech for the right job. More choice to you, more power to you and works out for adobe as well. Don't forget that flash still enjoys an excellent penetration rate on the desktop and there will always be a market for it. Perhaps one day when the pc is dead too and the indefinite, perfectly working apps written in flash are rewritten in html5 because we've now replaced the pc with tablets and mobile devices.