Francisco Kattan

[First a quick disclaimer:  although I worked for Adobe in the past and I still have many friends there, I have no inside information on this topic.  This post represents my personal opinion based on publicly available information.]

Given the launch of the Flash-less iPad and the leaks from Apple’s post launch employee meeting most industry insiders have finally concluded that Adobe Flash is not coming to iPhone OS devices.    Over the last two-and-a-half years the conversation has shifted from

• When will the iPhone support Flash? to…
• Will the iPhone ever support Flash? to most recently…
• Why won’t Apple devices ever support Flash?

The question in most people’s mind now is why not?  That is the question I want to address with this post.

While most of the debate in the blogosphere  centers around technical reasons, the real reason is not technical at all.  It is a calculated business decision made by Steve Jobs.

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