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SALT LAKE CITY -- Apple has been fighting with Adobe for a while.
Politis Communications President David Politis says, "Each is claiming that their software is better for, particularly, watching video than the other."
Politis says since Adobe acquired the Utah-based company Omniture, this could have an effect on the state's technology community. But he doesn't think this will have any negative short-term impact on Adobe. He thinks the two companies will eventually have to make nice.
"I do believe that over time, there is going to be pressure put on both companies to stop their little schoolyard brawl, if you will," he says.
Politis thinks this spat between the two companies won't be a problem for consumers who want to see videos online, but more for developers who need to format them correctly.
An overwhelming majority of PCs support Flash, but Apple makes the devices that dominate the mobile web browsing.
"If you want that same video seen on mobile devices, such as an iPad, iPhone or an iPod you're not going to be able to have that same video played on those devices," Politis says. "You'll need to actually save it in a different format."
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