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Mozilla Warns of Flash, Silverlight 'Agenda'

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 17:40 UTC

While the technologies used on the web have always been mostly free, with non-free technologies delegated to non-essential parts of the net, this has been changing fast, lately. The popularity of YouTube has demonstrated the pervasiveness of Adobe's Flash, to an extent where not having Flash is one of the big downsides to any alternative operating system. And to possibly make matters worse, Microsoft is pushing its proprietary Silverlight technology. The founder of Mozilla Europe, Tristan Nitot, warns for "the dangers of the proprietary web".

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Agenda

by WorknMan on Wed 30th Apr 2008 19:38 UTC

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Nitot warned that companies like Adobe and Microsoft might have an agenda with their Flash and Silverlight technologies. Even though at the moment these technologies are free to download, this might change in the future. "But maybe they have an agenda," Nitot said, "they're not here for the glory; they're here for the money."

Oh gee, ya think? This guy must've gotten a visit from Captain Obvious.

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