Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Aug 2007 21:55 UTC, submitted by deanna

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2005-07-07
In the case of Flashplayer, I'd say the main difference is new code on the side of the OSS project vs. tons of old legacy code on the proprietory side.
It is one thing to keep new code portable (easy) and another thing to make old code run on new platforms (hard, requires porting, etc)