[luau] NEWS: Status of Macromedia Flash petition

[W. Wayne Liauh]

Warren-

Below is an exchange between an angry Macromedia shareholder and an 
Macromedia tech support.  It appears that Macromedia promises that Flash 
6 for Linux will be available this summer.

While I am on this subject, allow me to make a few extra comments.

On your drive to push the adoption (or at least the consideration 
thereof) of LTSP for Hawaii schools, you are doing a very good job. But 
deep down, I feel that school adms will come out with other excuses if 
you solve this problem.  (The next most common excuse will most likely 
be, which is indeed quite laughable: do you have a virus protection 
protocol?) I strongly believe that eventually we will need to consider a 
legal solution--taking the schools to the court.  As taxpayers, we 
should have a voice as to how our tax $$$ is being spent.  But I believe 
you are taking the right step in focusing your initial effort on private 
schools.

I am thinking about doing the same thing with Texas, oops, Hawaii, Bar 
Association.  Currently, it has adopted a water-tight Microsoft-only 
policy (the most outrageous in the country).  Don't get me wrong, 
Microsoft makes very good products, but since our state bar has a 
compulsory due-paying policy (and I believe we have one of the highest 
dues among all the states that I am licensed), I don't think the State 
Bar should be aiding and abetting an illegal monopoly at the expense of 
its members.

I probably should not have brought the above issue, but my main point 
is, we need to have a workable turn-key solution for business Linux 
desktop users before we step up our advocacy.  George and I have 
completed a pretty good first phrase in this regard, and I would welcome 
more volunteers to help trying out different desktop packages and 
documenting our user experience.


wayne



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I just want to say that Macromedia is betting alot on the success and 
dominance of Micro$oft and Apple
in the OS market. I don't think Macromedia will be around much longer if 
they don't turn around and see
the Unix shotgun pointed in their faces. What OS do you think the 
majority of the internet runs on? Windows?
Apple? Have you guys been watching the news about M$. Your freaking meal 
ticket, Steve Ballmer, said they
would rather stop making Windows all together if they were forced to 
separate IE from the core OS. Then what?
What is Macromedia going to do then? Is this what your betting on? And 
what about Apple? Two years ago, this
company was dead in the water... and the last time I checked, they still 
are a very poor company. The smartest move
that company ever did was perfecting their kernel with Darwin. (a clone 
OS of freeBSD)

So, what happens if both Micro$oft and Apple go bust? Then what? Will 
you then make your software run on
Linux? Solaris? HP Unix? I bet you would. But you know what, we won't 
use it. Unix people don't forget things. We
remember the sell outs. We remember those companies who don't really 
care about the internet movement, but
just their stock value. In the end, all you'll have is a nice retirement 
fund, maybe a going away party, some loving
hugs and kisses from the other sell outs you call co-workers and that 
will be it. You will not be remembered.
Your company will not be a legacy. You will be just another business 
with a product to sell. How sad.

Personally, I own many, many, many shares of Macromedia stock... I will 
be selling it off. I don't believe Macromedia
can survive the computer evolution that's taking place. Hey! Say hi to 
Billy G. for me....

catch ya on the flip side...
aj.flores


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Linux users should be happy to know that Flash Player 6 for Linux will 
be released this Summer (don't know if that is June or August). Take a 
look at ColdFusion MX or JRun for our Linux server products. *

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* Clint Critchlow
Technical Support Specialist
Macromedia Technical Support


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