Apple Steve Jobs Reveals Adobe Cast The First Stone On Flash Fiasco
Apple CEO Steve Jobs now revealed that he did not begin the long-running feud with Adobe over Flash. He only did so when Adobe started to raise the stink.
Steve Jobs said: We didn’t start off to have a war with Flash, or anything else. We just made a technical decision that we weren’t gonna put the energy into getting Flash on our platform. We told Adobe, if you ever have this thing running fast, let us know, which they never did. It wasn’t until we shipped the iPad and it didn’t use Flash that Adobe started to raise a stink about it.
Steve also declared the end of the post PC era with the iPad/tablet overtaking PCs.
Apple has previously posted a memo from Steve Jobs regarding Flash. In a nutshell, the Apple CEO says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps.
Steve said: Flash was created during the PC era—for PCs and mice. The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open Web standards—all areas where Flash falls short. Adobe should focus more on creating tools for the future and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
Read the full memo after the jump:
Adobe Behind Apple Antitrust Complaints?
Officials at the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are thinking if they will probe Apple new policy which prevents developers Adobe using Flash to create iPhone and iPad apps. Did Adobe tip the Feds off? Most likely since Apple rejected their Flash cross-compiler for iPhone.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps. Why would you want watered down apps to appear on your device?
Steve said: Flash was created during the PC era—for PCs and mice. The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open Web standards—all areas where Flash falls short. Adobe should focus more on creating tools for the future and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
What he said is true and please don’t change the SDK agreement and keep giving us quality apps.
Apple Steve Jobs Memo On Adobe Flash – Unfit For iPhone, iPad
Apple has now posted a memo from Steve Jobs regarding Flash. In a nutshell, the Apple CEO says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps.
Steve said: Flash was created during the PC era—for PCs and mice. The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open Web standards—all areas where Flash falls short. Adobe should focus more on creating tools for the future and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
Read the full memo after the jump:
Tim Cook Gets $22 Mil For Standing In For Steve Jobs
Apple has given its CEO a bonus valued at $22 million for standing in for Steve Jobs last year on a 6 months medical leave. Cook got a $5 million bonus plus restricted stock award worth roughly $17 million.
Apple’s Steve Jobs CEO Of The Decade
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been named CEO Of The Decade by Fortune Magazine. Steve is the man who single-handedly made Apple relevant again after the company nearly fell into bankruptcy in the ’90s and he was once ousted from the company he founded.
This year he officially ends his sick leave and put himself on stage at the 2009 Apple Music Event introducing new iPods and iTunes 9. Steve delivered the keynote speech announcing several upgrades to the iTunes service, as well as a new line of video-recording iPod Nanos.
Source: The decade of Steve
Apple’s Steve Jobs Returns To Introduce New iPods And iTunes
Apple CEO Steve Jobs officially ends his sick leave and put himself on stage at the 2009 Apple Music Event introducing new iPods and iTunes 9. Steve delivered the keynote speech announcing several upgrades to the iTunes service, as well as a new line of video-recording iPod Nanos.
Here are the features:
- iTunes 9 – added genius bar to App Store, ring tones and iTunes LP.
- iPod Nanos – added video recording capabilities, FM radio, and pedometer that synchs with the Nike Plus system.
The new Nanos will retail at $160 for the 8 GB model and $180 for the 16 GB model.
Times Published Steve Jobs Good And Bad Profile
Times newspaper Steve Jobs profile was reported being blocked by Apple. The written article paints the Apple CEO as visionary and also a dictator. How much written is true and what percentage is diatribe?
From Times, …Jobs can be a cold, hard boss. In fact, judged simply as an office politician, he can seem pretty hopeless.
Read it in full at: Steve Jobs: The man who polished Apple
Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been revealed to have a liver transplant in Tennessee. He will return to work part time after being on sick leave.
Steve is a survivor of pancreatic cancer and has taken leave due to a hormone imbalance which make him loose weight.
Steve Jobs Is Back In Control
Steve Jobs was said to take sick leave from a rare form of pancreatic cancer, but the CEO of Apple remains closely involved in business decisions and key aspects of running the company. This includes work towards the iPhone OS 3.0 and a netbook/tablet device which is larger than the iPhone but smaller than a MacBook.
Apple Tells Shareholders That Jobs Will Return
Apple shareholders have voted to re-elect all members of Apple’s current board of directors. They have re-elected Apple’s own CEO, Steve Jobs.
Jobs did not attend the shareholders meeting for the first time due to his health.
Source: Apple execs reassure shareholders at annual meeting
