The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash
The 70's: Own the data center (IBM)The 80's: Own the desktop (Microsoft)The 90's: Own the network (AOL)The 2000's: Own the browser (Microsoft, et. al.)The 2010's: Own the 'Experience' (Apple)If Apple can entice us all into their walled garden, they'll own our entire experience - not just our desktops or data centers. It'll be AOL, pre-Internet, except it'll be way, way nicer - nice enough that most of us will not complain.