Software Review: Adobe Media Player 1.0
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| Problem number one was the platform I use. Although Adobe are making lots of
| noise about this great application being cross platform, it is a royal pain
| in the butt to install on anything but Windows.
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| I give Adobe a ‘D’ for deficiency, and a huge ‘F’ for failure. Don’t waste
| your time downloading it.
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| I am surprised that a company with the reputation that Adobe has, would put
| out such a crappy product.
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http://www.bloggernews.net/115121
They ought to make installers like Google made. Universal.
Of course, they could just let the source be free and then see repositories
resolving this issue and supporting 64-bit too.
Recent:
Adobe Joins Linux Foundation But Forgets About Flash for Linux
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| I would hope that Zemlin will encourage Adobe to now treat Linux as a first
| class citizen as opposed to an afterthought for release after Windows.
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| I hope Zemlin will pressure Adobe to finally actually make Flash -- not just
| the player -- but Flash CS3 Professional, (the core Flash development tool)
| available for Linux as a fully commercially available and supported product.
| It is somewhat ironic in my opinion that Adobe can join the Linux Foundation,
| claim to support Linux and yet not offer its flagship Flash development tool
| on Linux.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/adobe-joins-linux-foundation-b.html
Related:
For Adobe, a tough lesson in (open-source) diplomacy
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| The brouhaha had to be painful for Adobe, a community-friendly company that
| likes to think of itself as a kinder, gentler outfit than arch-rival
| Microsoft . But here Adobe was, accused of using its overwhelming position in
| PDF software to make money at the expense of smaller companies -- the very
| sort of behavior that earned Microsoft a bad rap in Silicon Valley.
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http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/08/for-adobe-a-tou.html
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