Comparison of HTML5 and Flash: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> Steve Jobs noted that Flash is not an [[open standard]] – it is controlled by [[Adobe]] – whereas HTML5 is controlled by a [[standards organization|standards committee]] made up of three companies, one of them being Apple.<ref name="jobs_thoughts_on_flash"/>

In September 2010, Apple eased its restrictions by allowing deployment of Flash applications on [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]] using [[Adobe Packager]].<ref>Sorrel, Charlie. "Apple Eases App Development Rules, Adobe Surges." Wired. Wired, 2010. Web. 12 Sept. 2010.</ref> According to Adobe Labs, Adobe Packager “offers Flash developers a fast and efficient method to reuse existing code from ActionScript 3 projects to deliver native applications on iOS devices”.{{citequote|date=December 2010}}