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fauigerzigerk on March 31, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Adobe Releases Last Linux Version Of Flash Player

I think it was the hard work of those who made browsers a viable alternative to Flash more than Steve Jobs' nyet. Without their work, not even the mighty Apple could have said no to Flash forever. But still, it was a good call by Steve Jobs, no doubt about that.

rbarooah on April 1, 2012 [–]

It's worth pointing out that a considerable number of the people who did that hard work were on Jobs payroll.

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