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It does help....
... by ensuring that Linux has an up to date version of a key technology available to it. It would be very serious if Adobe decided not to develop for Linux at all.

Given that Adobe's user base has a very proportion of Mac users (due to Illutrator etc) and given that OSX is a Unix/Linux spinoff it should be quite easy for them to port the Mac player to Linux.

It also gives them access to a market that Microsoft has little control over. Whilst Linux will not be storming into the domestic market anytime soon, it has more chance in the corporate and SME markets and if Adobe can do anything to help develop that sector of their business they would be wise to do so.

Given Vista's licensing restrictions there may be movement towards Linux in the Small & Medium sector where cash in the balance sheet is more important than shoving vast amounts of licence fees into Microsoft's already overstuffed bank account.
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Wow, this is the final nail in M$'s coffin  A.Typical Zork | 10/19/06
It does help....  bportlock | 10/19/06
Update  Richard Flude | 10/19/06
It's about friggin time! NT  Sabz5150 | 10/19/06
Adobe releases beta of Flash for Linux  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
Wouldn't it be ...  phburks | 10/19/06
But it still affects linux  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
However...  zkiwi | 10/19/06
What's so difficult being happy for someone else's good fortune? (NT)  RicD_ | 10/19/06
What is good about it? (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
...and with that simple statement...  Zeppo9191 | 10/19/06
RE: ...and with that simple statement...  joe6pack_z | 10/19/06
It's Adobe that doing it  voska | 10/19/06
But it still affects linux  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
So...  Sabz5150 | 10/19/06
What did you expect?  barstewards | 10/19/06
Isn't it funny  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
Well  zkiwi | 10/19/06
Well  Loverock Davidson | 10/20/06
I give it a 2 out of 10  Patrick Jones | 10/19/06
Ratings?  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
Uh-huh  Patrick Jones | 10/19/06
Nope  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/06
Whatever gets you through the day..  Patrick Jones | 10/19/06
Maybe in a couple of areas Rockhead ...  Henaway | 10/19/06
Nope  oldfellow | 10/20/06
I tell you - Loverock Davidson is right!!  lovvvvie | 10/19/06
Who really cares about Flash player  swoopee | 10/19/06
I'm surprises nobody's posted this yet  Zeppo9191 | 10/19/06
Actually it's around the same time as Flash Player for Vista Beta  Richard Flude | 10/19/06
Of course the reason they are doing this  Michael Kelly | 10/19/06
ummmm.....  unoriginal_sin | 10/19/06
responses  Michael Kelly | 10/19/06
Message has been deleted.  nightman45 | 10/19/06
Now if they'd just optimize Flash for Mac, we'd be on a roll...  olePigeon | 10/19/06
that doesn make sense  unoriginal_sin | 10/19/06
It's been 12 years, you'd think they could at least do something...  olePigeon | 10/20/06
Slow Everywhere  Yensi717 | 10/19/06
It works! It's alive! happy  WebThingy | 10/19/06
Painfully slow, but better than 7.  D-cat | 10/20/06
Oh, Crap  OKJoe | 10/20/06
Toilet Paper  D-cat | 10/21/06

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