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		tomlin on March 23, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Time since Opera Mini for iPhone was officially su... My favorite "gang mentality" moment is Jobs' refusal to implement Flash in favor of a "non-proprietary" method, such as HTML5. Killing a proprietary product with a MORE proprietary product is somehow a great moment in our technological revolution.

philwelch on March 23, 2010 [–]

How exactly is HTML5 "proprietary", or even "more proprietary" than Flash?

krainboltgreene on March 23, 2010 | [–]

He means the iPad.

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