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Rawr! Mobile device vector cat fight!
On your phone, a battle is brewing (no pun intended). The battle is between SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and Macromedia's Flash format. That's right, as SVG Tiny 1.1 is deployed on phones around the world, so is Macromedia's Flash player, and now— Macromedia's new Flash Lite supports SVG Tiny 1.1, and that means carriers and phone makers "could" support what's currently out there AND start getting the added benefits of Macromedia Flash (like watching Homestarrunner's Strong Bad Email's on our phone). BUT, Antoine Quint, an invited expert to the W3C SVG Working Group isn't going to let Macromedia just tween it's way in without a fight. Antoine goes through Macromedia's article regarding Flash Lite and SVG and doesn't pull any punches. Macromedia's John Dowdell hits back with a response. Stay tuned as this vector based drama unfolds!
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