iPhone vs Flash
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The iPhone doesn't have the ability to kill Flash. More than 450 million devices worldwide use Flash technology and that number is expected to double in the next 2 years.
As for AJAX killing Flash that's just as laughable as saying the iPhone will. AJAX isn't new, it's been around for years, it just happens that someone put a nice buzz word to it and poof all of a sudden it's popular. AJAX isn't even comparable to Flash, what I think you probably meant was a Javascript Framework like MooTools, Prototype, Scriptaculous, etc. which have the capabilities to do a few things that are similar to Flash (excuse me if my assumption is wrong, not trying to make an ass out of u and me) . And no, none of those are going to kill Flash either as they too have been around for years and still not affected the demand for Flash.
I'm all for using web standards, but it doesn't mean I'm going to stop developing Flash sites/applications as well. There is a time and place for everything. To claim that any small piece of technology be it the iPhone, AJAX, JS Frameworks, Silverlight, etc. which just happens to be hot for the time being (Silverlight excluded here) is going to kill a technology giant like Flash is just silly. More likely any individual who thinks this has some personal dislike of Flash and would like to see it gone.
Another point is a lot of people seem to blame a lot of their dislikes about Flash on the technology itself when in fact it's more the designer/developers fault. Flash is an incredible piece of technology that when placed in the wrong hands can make for a horrible user experience. Just make sure you point the finger correctly.