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November 30, 2007
Flash Lite, AIR tidbits
Flash Lite, AIR tidbits: Nothing new here, just some technical callouts from a financial analyst talking about Adobe. First is on the mobile imperative: "The number of 'Flash enabled' devices sold per year has grown from about 50 million to 250 million in just the last 3 years. Interestingly, most of the developing world (and over 60% of the world's population) will access the internet for the first time via a mobile device, so the enormous opportunity here is clear." Then on the new opportunities for everyone atop the AIR layer: "At a recent conference, management indicated that internally, they think AIR has the potential to do for internet content development what Acrobat did for document management. The company expects numerous product launches based on the AIR technology, as this next generation 'razor blade' gains mass acceptance." (He's referring to "reverse razor blade strategy"... instead of giving away the razor and charging for the blades, Adobe gives away the runtime capabilities and, along with others, sells creation tools atop.)
Posted by JohnDowdell at November 30, 2007 12:13 PM
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