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Comment flash and silverlight need to die (Score 1) 172

There is absolutely no place for proprietary standards on the web.
Both flash and silverlight need to die.

Just imagine what would happen if HTML was proprietary: the web would never have taken off as it has now.

There is a perfectly good alternative for vector graphics on the web: SVG is an open standard.
It works very well e.g. on iPhones.
At least apple is not polluting the internet with crap as Microsoft and Adobe do with SilverLight and Flash.

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