Apple undermining WEB- Adobe

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The war between Adobe Systems-Apple over Flash is heating up. Adobe cofounders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke have accused Apple through an open letter to be the company behind the iPhone, iPod and iPad of undermining “the next chapter of the web.”

A letter has been posted on the website of Adobe and an advertising campaign has been started under the name, The Freedom of Choice as per which, while Adobe loves Apple, the iPhone maker is “taking away your freedom.” The ads are also displayed in The New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as technology blogs and news sites including TopTechNews.com.

According to the Adobe co- founders, consumers should be able to freely access their favorite content and applications, regardless of what computer they have, what browser they like, or what device suits their needs and if the web fragments into closed systems, come at the expense of the very creativity and innovation that has made the Internet a revolutionary force.

Since they publish Flash specifications are made by them, anyone can make a player. The letters by the cofounders also pointed to Postscript and PDF, two Adobe cross-platform software solutions with openly published specifications. It has to be kept in mind that Adobe is not only resorting to the letter and ads to pressurize Apple, as it has been reported that a possible federal antitrust investigation might also be there in response to a complaint from Adobe.

Apple on the other hand has also replied through an open lengthy in which the cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs has attempted to explain why Adobe’s nearly ubiquitous Flash technology is not allowed on Apple’s mobile devices calling Flash a proprietary, closed system.