[Hack&Lube]

It's not about abacus' or cellphones or the changing of the physical technology. It's the fact that with modern computing power and capacity, there is no real limitation on what can be supported, thusly the issue of format/standards support is purely a software thing and not a physical thing where physical old technology prevents new physical technology from being adopted.

You had the same issue with trying to get movies in the wrong format to play on your playstation. This is basically what I am talking about. I want all formats to be playable/enjoyable/usable always because there will always be content out there in some format that may not be the latest thing but is still something of merit. There is no physical reason why it should be impossible. Man, I still have tons of VHS tapes that I need to convert to digital one day because there is a lot of stuff I have on tape that simply cannot be found in modern formats.

In all of this, especially with the flash debate, there is no actual impediment, no real reason aside from a business decision and Apple's clout. Sure you might think that flash sucks and flash is slow and I would probably agree, but I think there's a ton of great stuff out there made in the past 10 years in flash that I always want to be able to enjoy. One of the worst things about the internet is that great content disappears everyday and is not archived perfectly somewhere.