Flash 9 for Linux - why such a long wait? (ZDNet) [LWN.net]

Flash 9 for Linux - why such a long wait? (ZDNet)

Posted Aug 30, 2006 4:56 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)
Parent article: Interview with Mike Melanson, lead engineer on the Linux Flash Player team (ZDNet)

I'm personally curious why Flash version {8,9} for Linux is taking such a long time to develop... My general impression is that the developers at Adobe are pedaling as fast as they can to bring us Linux users Flash 9. Yet, this version has been around for some time in Windows and Mac. Why so long? Did they write the entire thing in such a non-portable fashion as to require an entire code re-write?

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Flash 9 for Linux - why such a long wait?

Posted Aug 30, 2006 20:43 UTC (Wed) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link]

I'll give that a "me too!"...

It's incredible that they supported Linux when it was almost unknown to most people, but now that it's really getting traction, we see NO new versions!

It feels like a scared MS paid them off or something... :/

Which reminds me, how about a Shockwave player as well?