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The latest salvo in the Adobe Flash wars comes from the Free Software Foundation, in an open letter to Google: Just think what you can achieve by releasing the VP8 codec under an irrevocable royalty-free license and pushing it out to users on YouTube? You can end the web’s dependence on patent-encumbered video formats and proprietary …continue reading Fragmentation and the RIA wars: Flash is the least bad solution I attended this morning’s VMWare roundtable, debating the rather silly proposition that IT should be removed from the boardroom agenda. To be fair, even VMWare does not really believe this, but is arguing that its virtualisation technology makes IT service provision so trouble-free that the board can focus on IT as it advances their business, …continue reading VMWare: the cloud is private I watched Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, Joe Belfiore, and Andy Lees introduce Windows Phone 7 Series. It appears to be a complete departure from previous iterations of Windows Mobile, in fact borrowing more from Zune than it does from earlier Windows phones. At one point, Lees noted that it has a “new core OS” optimized in …continue reading Windows Phone 7 Series and Microsoft’s partner problem Adobe’s announcement of AIR for mobile today at the Mobile World Congress means that any Flash or Flex developer can compile an AIR application that will run on a supported mobile device. I understand that AIR for mobile is a subset of desktop AIR, but does include Flash Player 10.1, local database support with SQLite, …continue reading Flash developers are now mobile developers I’ve just spent some time with a non-technical person who has just signed up for a £30 per month Vodafone internet dongle, which came with a “free” Samsung netbook running Windows 7 Starter Edition. The user is returning it under the terms of the 14-day trial offer. Why? Well, the requirement was for a small computer that …continue reading Miserable user experience continues with Windows 7 Adobe evangelist Lee Brimelow has posted some images of well-known sites that break if Adobe Flash is not enabled. His point: if Apple’s iPad does not support Flash, none of these sites will work correctly. While true in the short term, I do not think this is an effective line of argument. Let’s presume that you …continue reading Adobe Flash vs Apple iPad: RIA in the balance In a posting on its forum, Amazon has declared defeat in its disagreement with Macmillan over ebook terms – one most likely influenced by Apple which is offering better terms to publishers for its forthcoming iPad: Macmillan, one of the "big six" publishers, has clearly communicated to us that, regardless of our viewpoint, they are committed …continue reading Amazon gives in to Macmillan thanks to power of Apple Amazon has apparently withdrawn all Macmillan titles from sale (print and electronic) because of an argument with the publisher over the terms of sale. Macmillan CEO John Sargent says: This past Thursday I met with Amazon in Seattle. I gave them our proposal for new terms of sale for ebooks under the agency model which will …continue reading Apple’s proxy war with Amazon over ebook pricing and market Timothy B Lee writes of the App Store/iPhone and now iPad lock-in: The store is an unnecessary bottleneck in the app development process that limits the functionality of iPhone applications and discourages developers from adopting the platform. While instinctively I agree, the evidence for the damaging effect of the App Store is not there. On the contrary, …continue reading Apple’s lock-in works. Can anyone improve on App Store? |
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