Adobe and Apple May Be Entangled in a Legal Battle Soon
Adobe may be preparing for a legal battle with Apple over its new regulations with respect to creation of applications for iPhones by developers, according to a recent report.
The two companies have been fighting a cold war for a while now, with Apple making the first move as it declined to support Flash on its iPhone. However, this week witnessed Apple going a step further by putting a complete ban on Flash being used in any application that is to be used on the iPhone. The move thwarts Adobe’s plans for indirectly allowing Flash developers at the iPhone.
Adobe had offered in its recently released Creative Suite software, a proposal to enhance the ability of developers to create Flash applications and then recompile them in the iPhone code. Apple has been trying to block this move with its new licensing scheme for software development that mandates that the applications of iPad and iPhone should not be translated from other languages such as Flash.
The speculated lawsuit will make matters even worse. The IT sector is already getting worked up about the ensuing battle. Though Adobe has not commented on the issue, it has claimed that it is looking into the SDK language. However, the general feeling is that the monopoly that Apple is trying to create with this move will find draw attention from the higher authorities with respect to anti-trust behaviour.
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