Adobe CEO: We Give Up
On Thursday, Narayen said of the episode with Apple: “Yes, the argument is over from our point of view. ” He added, “We are so excited about opportunities we have. We’re focused on that.”
An Apple spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Jobs has endorsed an emerging standard on the Web called HTML 5, which is being developed by a consortium that Apple is a part of, alongside Google.
Narayen said Adobe now “welcomes the evolution of HTML and are actively contributing to it” with typographic and design expertise. He downplayed how much Flash contributes in revenue to Adobe, calling it just a “small part” of the company.
Narayen added: “At the end of the day, where Adobe makes its money is through our application tools, as well as our solutions, (and) being able to make that content and measure that content and manage that content.”
Translation: Adobe knows this is fight they cannot and will not win. This is a great day for the Web, and hopefully will be the first day of an era where we're not faced with a Web hobbled by plug-ins.
