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Originally Posted by injapan
Yes, I want to know too
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Really? OK, long version here:-
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
Short version; Apple/Jobs doesn't want core parts of the iOS 'experience' to be reliant on proprietary software controlled by another party - who would? That Flash was a buggy crashy battery-draining resource hog helped make the case against it, but it was always about control of the platform, and a move towards 'open standards' e.g. HTML5.
There's history here - Apple had its legs cut out from under it in the 90s when Adobe made a tough business decision and switched to Windows as its prime development platform; from that point on MacOS versions of Adobe software always lagged behind Windows, critical to Apple as Adobe software fuelled their core markets of graphics and design. Apple very nearly went under (this is around about the time that Michael Dell made his now infamous quote about 'shutting Apple down and giving the money back to the shareholders') and a cash injection from MicroSoft (who were having their own issues with the DOJ at the time) was hugely influential in Apple staying afloat.
Enter the iMac, fast-forward a dozen years or so, and here we are...
HTH Pete