Adobe Systems Inc criticized Apple Inc in newspaper advertisements and on its website, saying the exclusion of its video software from the computer maker’s iPad and iPhone stifles competition.
Adobe is advertising its public missive in 24 newspapers and websites, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, in response to criticisms of Adobe’s software by Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs. The Adobe letter, signed by founders Chuck Geschke and John Warnock, says that Apple’s actions could “undermine” the future of the Internet.
“In the end, we believe the question is really this: Who controls the World Wide Web?” the founders say. “And we believe the answer is: nobody -- and everybody, but certainly not a single company.”
Today’s letter is part of a widening rift between Apple and Adobe. Beyond refusing to support Adobe’s Flash software for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple last month said app developers must use programming tools that rely on open standards, rather than software using proprietary technologies, such as Flash.
Jobs followed that two weeks ago with a 29-paragraph public letter outlining six reasons why Apple chose not to use Flash on its mobile devices. He wrote that Flash has “major technical drawbacks” and said his company has “few joint interests” with Adobe.
HTML5, the open-standard format Apple uses, lets developers create online videos and animation without relying on third- party plug-ins, such as Flash, said Jobs, 55.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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