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Adobe updates Flash Player, Flex tool
June 27, 2006
The final Flash Player 9 on Linux is due early next year. According to an FAQ put out by Adobe, the Linux version will support the same features as Flash on Macintosh and Windows.
The beta of Flash Player 9 for Linux, released Wednesday, supports most of the features except a full-screen mode and support for SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption.
The company declined to indicate when the final version of future 64-bit versions will be available.
People can develop applications using Adobe's Flex 2 software developer kit, and those Flash programs will run on systems using Microsoft Windows, Apple Computer's Mac OS or Linux, Adobe said.
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important feature. But more to the point, all
Linux distributions come with native SSL support
that's comparatively (vs Windows) simple to
write for/use. It seems like a silly oversight.
Every enterprise in America will run for the exits to get out of the nightmware of having to deal with Microsoft for desktop OS licenses. (Excel still rules forever and a day.) The bigger they are, the faster they will run since being a big company running Microsoft OSes is like having the creature from the Alien movies nannying your kids.
At that point, MS will run and get its lawyers and attempt to sue Linux out of existence and, post-antitrust trial, they won't be able to get traction. At best, they'll end up deadlocked in long, grinding civil actions facing jurors that regard the company as a repulsive pariah.
Nice move, Adobe. Keep going!
Roberto
also, checkout www.codeweavers.com to port MS Office