HTML5: The Origins of RIA (for @ANDR0IDD0ES) - http://j.mp/cEKXPC

While this isn't a topic that is "directly linked" (spoiler 1) to the Android OS, it is still a major factor in todays mobile market. As we've already seen, large companies have the ability to drive the market while media companies (since this has to do with multi-media presentation and distribution) like Time Warner and NBC Universal can really ruin your day.

Let's begin by taking a look at the history/origins of several web-media platforms.

FLASH
1996 - Birthed by FutureWave as "FutureSplash Animator"
1996 - Macromedia aquires and re-brands F-utureSp-LASH as "Flash"
2007 - Adobe owns Flash, releases CS3
2008 - Adobe releases CS4
2010 - Adobe declares they will not support Apple's iPhone or iPad beyond CS4
2010 - Adobe releases CS5

SILVERLIGHT
2007 - Birthed by Microsoft
2010 - Silverlight 4 Release Candidate arrives

JAVAFX
2009 - Birthed by Sun Microsystems
2010 - JAVAFX (v1.3) produces a stable release

HTML5
2007 - Birthed by Ian Hickson of Google, Inc. (spoiler 2)
2010 - HTML5 is still a draft

Let's now look at who adopted these standards first.

• Shockwave: Intel
• Flash: Microsoft
• Silverlight: Microsoft
• JavaFX: Adobe
• HTML5: Google

Hey Apple, where'd you go? Oh that's right, you adopted Shockwave, then Flash, avoided Silverlight (but support it), and don't like Adobe. So you choose HTML5... built by (and the punchline) GOOGLE; The same people that developed the Android OS?? Good call Apple! After years of playing the mooch you finally put your foot down and say "Google, we want YOUR standard for the iPad & iPhone."

Oh the irony Mr. Jobs, oh the irony. 

Exclusive Edit: Not included in the AndroidDoes article is a behind-the-post comment made by site admin Christopher Dean:

"I like it. I especially like the part where you slam Apple, spit in his eye, and then tell Steve to go eat some **** food."

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