[Anti-Utopian]

H.264 is a codec, HTML5 is a language, Flash is a platform. The Flash player supports playback of H.264, and can access HTML5 as long as it has the proper wrapper. Adobe has supported H.264 encoded video since August of 2007.

H.264 and HTML5 are not going to put Flash out of business because they can't. They are not substitutes for Flash and are not platforms like Flash.

[Star Traveler]

I had to laugh at this paragraph in an article on the buggy trashware flashware ... :-)

On the other hand, Jean-Louis Gassée (a former Apple executive) proposes a simple thought-experiment: "By the end of 2010, there will be more than 100 million iPhone OS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad). You're the webmeister at an important content site. The boss comes in and asks you why you're not supporting the iPhone OS devices. 'Our stuff is all Flash-based, chief, those guys don't run Flash'. You're about to become the ex-webmeister. The boss, a really patient sort, asks you to 'think different' about all these 'noncompliant' customers, each of whom has an iTunes account backed by a credit card, and has developed the habit (encouraged by Apple) of paying for content. So, one more time, with feeling: what's your answer?"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/18/adobe-flash-apple-iphone-ipad ...]