Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch: We're going to make the best tools in the world for HTML5

This is a good news. No shipping day: not really a good news, if we are lucky we'll see it with CS7

> We’re focusing on everybody else. There’s a huge wave of innovation, there’s going to be a wide range of devices.

I think it would be fair to say that smartphones have been around for at least 5 years. I can't recall to see a huge wave of phones using Flash in a decent way

> Regarding the prototype tablet that has been shown off at Web 2.0, there are a bunch of manufacturers building devices with those guts.

Prototype =! successful product. We'll revisit this statement when those manufactures will ship a million of those devices in 28 days.

It’s not about HTML 5 vs Flash. They’re mutually beneficial. The more important question is the freedom of choice on the web...

Look at the iPhone helicopter we just saw — why should I only be able to use an iPhone for that? Why can’t you do that with any phone? If you look at what’s going on now, it’s like railroads in the 1800′s. People were using different gauged rails. Your cars would literally not run on those rails. That’s counter to the web. The ‘rails’ now are companies forcing people to write for a particular OS, which has a high cost to switch.

Translation:

We will lower the cost to switch phones by moving the switching cost out of the hardware and into the tooling. Then we will benefit because you will need to buy our tools to write applications and you won't be able to switch tools.

Adobe will make all the tracks the same gauge, but you won't be able to manufacture a locomotive without their tools.

p.s. I upmodded this post because it's important to hear what they have to say, not because I support what they're saying.

What a silly argument.

But look at the Quickbooks app we just saw. Why should I only be able to use Windows for that? Why can't you do that with any OS? If you look at what’s going on now, it’s like railroads in the 1800′s. People were using different gauged rails. Your cars would literally not run on those rails. That’s counter to personal computing. The ‘rails’ now are companies forcing people to write for a particular OS, which has a high cost to switch.

(Footnote: QB for Mac is not the same product or feature set.)

But look at the SUV we just saw. Why should I only be able to use gasoline for that? Why can't you run that with any fuel? If you look at what’s going on now, it’s like railroads in the 1800′s. People were using different gauged rails. Your cars would literally not run on those rails. That’s counter to the open road. The ‘rails’ now are companies forcing car buyers to buy SUVs for a particular fuel, which has a high cost to switch.

Etc.

This is the sort of thing markets decide.