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Re:Microsoft picks HTML5 over Silverlight for Internet apps by tlianza on Friday October 29, 2010 @03:33PM (#1848674)
Indeed, I'm referring to the Flash tool, not the Flash runtime which is obviously free. But, the investment in getting the Flash runtime everywhere is what makes the platform valuable, and therefore what makes the tool worth using.

But, I agree with you that if they pivot they should be fine. To some extent they're also (smartly) re-purposing their existing tools for native mobile development: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/packagerforiphone/

I'm skeptical that they'll be big in the "good HTML5/JavaScript tools" business based on what they have[n't] done with Dreamweaver, HomeSite, ColdFusion, etc. They just don't seem to have a lot of developer momentum there, IMHO.

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Re:Microsoft picks HTML5 over Silverlight for Internet apps by kenjackson on Saturday October 30, 2010 @01:15PM (#1851286)
But assuming Adobe makes money from the tools, doesn't this just open up the field for them. AND it relieves them of the cost of having to maintain and update the runtime. Now they can really just focus on the tooling. MS, Apple, Mozilla, and Google focus on the runtime (browser).

If seems like if Adobe plays their cards right, they end up making a lot more money, although they become a lot less prominent brand.

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Re:Microsoft picks HTML5 over Silverlight for Internet apps by tlianza on Saturday October 30, 2010 @05:59PM (#1851893)
Sure, it could. But, if you're talking about competing over HTML/JavaScript-type tools, the market there is awfully crowded, and most of the competition is free.
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