Searching and Replacing Jobs' Flash Statement

War is peace, ignorance is knowledge, and Apple is open. Oh, the fun one can have with search-and-replace. Here’s the doubleplusfun Hoopty Rides found:

Before:

Adobe’s Flash products are 100%
proprietary. They are only available from Adobe, and Adobe has sole
authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc. While Adobe’s
Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open,
since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from
Adobe. By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system.

After:

Apple’s
closed products are 100% proprietary. They are only available from
Apple, and Apple has sole authority as to their future enhancement,
pricing, etc. While Apple’s closed products are widely available, this
does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Apple
and available only from Apple. By almost any definition, closed is a
closed system.

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