Report: Adobe Prepping Lawsuit Against Apple
Adobe is said to be preparing to launch a lawsuit against Apple.
Unless you've been away on a nice long holiday since January and somehow missed the entire iPad/Flash/Steve Jobs/Adobe saga then you'll know there's a little bit of bad butter between Apple and Adobe.
In a nutshell, Steve says Flash is rubbish and the main reason Macs crash; Adobe says it's ready to work with Apple on bringing Flash to the iPad and the iPhone but Apple doesn't want to cooperate. The most recent development saw Apple change its iPhone SDK license agreement. iPhone 4.0 developers can only use Apple's certified tools, meaning the upcoming Flash CS5 software that will compile iPhone-compatible apps is pretty much a no-go.
Understandably, Adobe is a little annoyed by the whole situation. According to ITWorld, the company is seriously considering take Apple to court over the issue. While ITWorld admits that officially, the company isn't talking about anything of the sort, they cite sources close to the company that say Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks.
Stay tuned for more on this one. Something tells us it's going to drag on for a long, long time.

Say good buy to people buying macs for photoshop and the like.
Nail in the coffin for apple.
Say good buy to people buying macs for photoshop and the like.
Nail in the coffin for apple.
Funny that Adobe has to take them to court to run flash on Apple products. Perhaps it should be Apple who needs to take Adobe to court to recoup consumer costs from frequent system crashes. Ultimately Apple nerfs all their devices by not supporting flash.
Of course most folks know and understands why Apple doesn't want to allow Flash on their devices, poor control freaks like Steve Jobs must keep their firm grasp on the fools lapping these products up. Allowing full flash to run on these devices would significantly reduce the control Apple can maintain over their "consumers."
Not really a nail in the coffin for apple.
I wonder if things could go the other way around...
Adobe still going to make money, because they have all the supporting tools build and they still would be the best consultants when someone wants to deploy full flash based solution.
So my question to you Adobe is: "What are you going to chose: Flash to be dead propriety technology in near future or real web standard?"
Apple is under no obligation to permit Flash on the iPhone. Sure, for some users having no Flash sucks, but Apple isn't the only game in town. Sounds to me like Adobe is a sore loser- their Flash platform for years was bloated, crashy and slow, and now they are paying the price. There is no precedent for a lawsuit against Apple; What Adobe should really be doing is touting the ability of other devices' Flash compatibility instead of throwing a tantrum about Apple disliking Flash.
I do think that Apple's ego is a *tad* overinflated at present, though, and wouldn't mind seeing someone reintroduce them to the concept of humility.
E: This in response to those speculating that Adobe could/would/should abandon Apple altogether over Jobs' criticism of Flash. I don't see that happening, realistically. Just speculating that it wouldn't be the end of Apple's world if it did.
I don't know what to think here. In my opinion flash is a pile of crap but I hate how apple is trying to kill it in this artificial manner.
Flash? HTML 5 should be making a big splash soon and in flash it will be gone.
I agree wholeheartedly! Screw both of 'em.
This whole MAC thing would be gone by the end of the year and we could all laugh at those who bought one.
This would be a poor move on Adobe's part. Adobe has a huge fan base that use Macs. In fact, CS4 Design Premium and CS4 Master Collection sold more copies for the Mac than they did for PC. Regardless if Adobe hates Apple or not, ditching a huge chunk of your loyal customer base just because you have a feud with Apple at the moment is poor business practice.
Plus, if they did that they'll just be sinking down to Apple's level. ;D