MC2 Post 638: At The Crossroads: Adobe, Flash and HTML5

The Secret Is Out 

Apple and Adobe 

Don't Like Each Other?

No, Not That One, This One:

adobe-acrobat-reader-silent-update

Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1600424/adobe-acrobat-reader-silent-update

Of Course, Adobe is:

Not Just A Flash in the Pan

Link: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/the-future-of-web-content-html5-flash-mobile-apps/

The Other Side of The Line

Ooyala and Microsoft Silverlight

Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ooyala-announces-online-video-solution-built-on-microsoft-silverlight-2010-04-08?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Adobe Flash evangelist: 

'Go screw yourself Apple'

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20002188-248.html

One Ring Shall Rule Them ALL ???

HTML5

HTML 5: Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe 

Fight to Rule the Web

Link: http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10006554/html-5-google-microsoft-apple-and-adobe-fight-to-rule-the-web/

Just a Little MS Salt to the Open Wound

Microsoft launches iPad-happy website

for wimmin

Ladies Night, oh what a site

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/07/microsoft_glo/

iPad Media Apps Stuck in the Past

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/08/tech/main6376993.shtml

iPad Proves That Apple Wants to Kill Flash

Apple's campaign for iPad-ready sites is just the 

start of an effort to kill off internet apps 

like Flash and Silverlight.

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/193540/ipad_proves_that_apple_wants_to_kill_flash.html

Backgrounder (a liitle background), Up the Middle ...

What to expect from HTML5

Link:  http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/what-expect-html5-611

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And The Beef Goes On ...

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ruby 

A Programmer's Best Friend

Link: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

and

 
Ruby on Rails

Heinemeier Hansson first released Rails as open source in July 2004

 Link: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/RailsDispatchcom-Launched-as-Community-Resource-for-Rails-3-1143922.htm

Still Holding Mindshare.



Wingman, On the ruby ridge, Watching the Fray

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