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Those of us who live in the virtual world of web development have been watching the great debate that Steve Jobs has set off about whether the end of Flash is near, with HTML5 being the new standard. In fact, Apple confronts issue head-on in this article posted prominently on their site:

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

However, as much as we like Apple and their fantastic products, one recent article sums up our current thinking much better than we can on this topic:

http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/blog/11887/html5-video-not-quite-there-yet

Here’s one quote from the author:
“Flash will remain to be the technology of choice for some time. Right now, HTML5 is preferred for streaming to the iPhone/iPad.”

In other words, Flash will be around for quite some time with the main notable exception being “touch” based devices like the iPad/iPhone. While it may be true that HTML5 is the future, it’s not ready for prime time yet.