&#62;The only area that Flash is even remotely threatened is delivering video<p>I think this is quite a big deal for flash on the internet. Once you remove video, a very large part of users don't need flash anymore.<p>Also, the main actor in on-line video , google, has showed clear intent of supporting html5 for video. They are pragmatists, so it will probably take some time before they consider html5 a good enough alternative, but it's still on the horizon.<p>And when video won't run on flash anymore, i will have much less problems with flash myself. It will be restrained to the things it ought to be used for.<p>EDIT about : 
&#62; The 'slow nature of proprietary software' ... in comparison to web standards????<p>Well i think it's obvious what he meant is that proprietary platforms are slow to conquer new platforms because the effort sits on one company only (even if it's adobe)
I think he's right. Adobe couldn't even fix an half decent implementation of the Flash VM on linux and OSX. I don't see them supporting a dozen mobile ecosystems tomorrow<p>&#62;Many mobile devices are getting full-featured flash players soon/now - <a href="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2009.." rel="nofollow">http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2009...</a>.<p>Well sorry but you make me think of people saying "You can do the same thing in canvas + JS !!" when confronted with flash media. You kind of miss the point