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The Gloves Come off in Fight Between Apple and Adobe

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After much coaxing from media commentators observing the subtle conflicts between Apple and Adobe Systems, the two technology giants appear ready to step into the ring.

Mike Chambers, Adobe's product manager for the Flash video platform, published a blog post on Monday with a series of direct and harsh words aimed at Apple. The Cupertino-based maker of the iPhone said earlier this month it would block a program that would let Flash developers easily port their apps to Apple's mobile operating system.

“The primary goal of Flash has always been to enable cross browser, platform and device development," Chambers wrote on his blog. “However, this is the exact opposite of what Apple wants. They want to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers to target other platforms."

Apple, a company notoriously reserved about its public statements, stepped out from its Wizard of Oz-like chambers to address the Adobe manager's claims.

“Someone has it backwards," spokeswoman Trudy Muller told CNET in a statement. She went on to say that Apple is promoting, with the iPhone and iPad, technologies that are “open and standard, while Adobe's Flash is closed and proprietary."

Adobe will still include its Flash-to-iPhone exporter with its upcoming suite of software, but plans to discontinue development on that particular product, Chambers wrote.

That there was something amiss in the last year or so in the longtime affiliation between Apple and Adobe has been no mystery.

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