The fact is Flash sucks--except, of course, it does allow cross platform. This is no small benefit in the chaotic world of the smartphone.
I lived through the early years of computing, where everyone had their own (mutually exclusive) OS. An app for Apple DOS wouldn't run on CP/M. A CP/M application for an Eagle *could* run on a Kaypro--assuming you could read the disk format or convert it.
Bleh. We only have one electrical standard (in the US) for each category of usage (household, heavy appliance, industrial) and no one thinks this is bad.
I think the professor is being more than a little Ivory Tower here.
Sun certainly agrees with me... (laughing)
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