Flash vs. HTML5: Tech’s Political Third Rail
February 8, 2010 by Seeking Alpha
Filed under Investment Ideas
Original Article from Seeking Alpha Editor’s Pick
Fred Wilson submits:
About a year ago, I wrote a post about Apple’s "blind spot" for Flash. I took more heat for that post than anything else I’ve written other than political posts. It opened my eyes to the fact that Flash vs HTML5 is one of the most politically heated topics in the tech business. The third rail, as it were.
The choice of what technology web developers use to produce rich browser based applications is a big deal with a lot of important ramifications for companies, investors, and most importantly users. Jeremy Allaire, creator of ColdFusion and Brightcove, addresses this issue on TechCrunch.
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