Adobe sentiment: “Go Screw Yourself Apple.”

Apple and Adobe aren’t on good terms. First, Apple decided not to put Adobe Flash support in the iPad. Second, Apple went one step further to try to put the nail in Adobe’s coffin. At the iPhone OS 4.0 event, Steve Jobs revealed that the Terms of Service all app developers must abide by now includes a provision requiring the apps be coded originally in select languages. Well, of course, those languages do not include Adobe Flash. WTF? Nobody really knows a compelling reason for that restriction other than speculation that Apple is trying to kill off Adobe. In fact, Adobe had to warn in an SEC filing that:

To the extent new releases of operating systems or other third-party products, platforms or devices, such as the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone or iPad, make it more difficult for our products to perform, and our customers are persuaded to use alternative technologies, our business could be harmed.

Rather than take the Apple assaults lying down, Adobe has fired back, albeit in an unofficial way. Lee Brimelow just posted to the Flash Blog:

Speaking purely for myself, I would look to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself Apple.

As I wrote before, Apple is concerned with its App Store revenues. Flash is capable of replacing some apps through the browser, thus bypassing the Apple gatekeeper status and taxing authority.

Google backs open platforms like Android and recently opted to include Flash Player in all Google Chrome installations. Flash Player will now automatically update through the Chrome updater. Also, Google welcomes the addition of Flash on the Google Nexus One phone. In case the Apple loyalists want to see what they’re missing, below is a video of a Google Nexus One running a Flash-enabled browser. Coming soon to Android:

[via IntoMobile via BusinessWeek]

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