Steve Jobs and Flash...
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@ukit;
I definitely think it's a business decision, but I also think that Steve Jobs might be a little 'scared' (although, maybe scared is the wrong word, as he's apparently fearless).
I think that there's a growing amount of bad-feeling towards Apple's recent heavy-handed 'business led' decisions.
When a person like Jobs feels the need to make an official statement about something like the Flash issue - I think it's because they've been painted into a corner. He's been characteristically evasive when asked about his position with Flash - a flat out, simple 'no' at the last keynotes speech, if I remember correctly.
He's now chosen to approach the subject with an essay - putting his case on the Apple website. I think when a person like Jobs feels like they have to justify a decision in such a verbose way, they are doing it because they feel pressured.
Explanations like this potentially put them (Apple) in a weaker position, imo - because the rhetoric can be now be systematically attacked and countered by any critics.
The motto of any tyrant, should always be 'never explain, never apologise'. It seems that Jobs has forgotten this.