The Fate of Flash on Mobile Devices: Here’s the Adobe CEO Talking About It at D9
When Walt Mossberg interviewed Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen in June at the ninth D: All Things Digital conference about the future — or lack thereof — of Flash, and about the software company’s ugly fight with Apple over not supporting the technology on its mobile devices, Narayen declared the battle over.
“It’s an argument that the press likes to continue bringing up,” said Narayen, noting that all was fine with its development for Google Android and Research In Motion mobile offerings.
But now, as Ina Fried writes: “Adobe is apparently ready to throw in the towel when it comes to getting Flash to run on mobile devices.”
As it seems to have turned out, even Adobe now might be agreeing with the late Apple icon Steve Jobs on the issue.
Until we have more clarity on the plans, here’s Narayen on the topic at D9:
(And, to even out the score, here’s a video of Jobs talking about Flash at D8 a year before.)
