[101462] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Flash Player for Linux on Macromedia Site
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bsc@klondike.ml.org)
Thu Nov 26 12:31:43 1998
From: bsc@klondike.ml.org
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 09:30:36 -0800
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9811261623110.17-100000@aoxomoxoa.peritas.com>; from Hans von Lengerke on Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 04:32:22PM +0000
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On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 04:32:22PM +0000, Hans von Lengerke wrote:
> A Shockwave&Flash Player for Netscape on Linux is available at
> Macromedia's website (www.macromedia.com). AFAIK this is the first time
> that Macromedia release something for the Linux Platform so this is pretty
> good news :-)
>
> I know the Flash Player for Linux had been around for some time but this
> was a private effort by Olivier Debon. I wonder if Macromedia have bought
> Olivier's plugin of if they developed it themselves.
Olivier made mention of the Macromedia plugin on Slashdot yesterday or
the day before. From the comments there (see below), I'd say he did not
have anything to do with the plugin, aside from some great evangelizing.
I also think that a lot of people owe him their thanks for the effort he
put out to get this for the entire Linux community (although I'd bet he
was scratching his own itch :) ).
Below is the entry on Slashdot: (note: the comment at the end is from
sengan)
Olivier Debon writes "I'm the one who developed the unofficial Flash
Plugin for Linux. I was in touch with Macromedia and they decided to
support Linux at last. Check their download page This may be the death
of my project. :( " Hopefully Olivier will keep working at it, unless
MacroMedia goes open-source... in which case he can improve it ;-)
Regards,
Blair Craft.
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