Adobe thinks closed formats are a good fit for an open government?

November 1, 2009 · by Haavard

Adobe is pushing for Flash to be used in U.S. Open Government initiatives. How proprietary, closed and inaccessible is supposed to be combined with "open", I don't know. I do know that the government should definitely not be promoting closed, proprietary, inaccessible, insecure and harmful technologies.

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João EirasSunday, November 1, 2009 7:39:56 PM
... and single vendor.

Another interesting link:
http://www.openscreenproject.org/

Funny that they, again, call it open, being closed, proprietary, and single vendor.
HaavardMonday, November 2, 2009 12:26:58 PM
Adobe's Open Screen Project is an insult to the word "open".
FataLMonday, November 2, 2009 6:33:09 PM
Have Adobe heard about Section 508? Is this a joke?
BTW, Section 508 plug-in requirements also a joke.
Charles SchlossTuesday, November 3, 2009 1:53:31 PM
Originally posted by xErath:

http://www.openscreenproject.org/

That requires flash to view the main content

Published in	A Journal from Behind the Trenches
Date	November 1, 2009
Author	Haavard
Tags	flash, adobe, accessibility, standards, security, government
Original	Internet Archive