Why is Steve Jobs so stubborn ?

It’s official: Adobe is indeed working on Flash for the iPhone.

Only problem: It’s up to Apple (and Steve Jobs) to allow it to be officially available… So far, Steve Jobs thinks Flash sucks…

“At the Flash On The Beach (FOTB) conference in Brighton, Sr. Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems Paul Betlem, confirmed that Adobe is indeed developing a Flash Player for the iPhone. However, Apple calls the shots as to when it’ll be available.”

More info at FlashMagazine.com

The same applies for other tools such as Firefox…

Recently Wired posted an interview with The Mozilla CEO John Lilly. Towards the end of the interview Wired asks the question.

Wired: Are you going to develop a version of Firefox for the iPhone?

Lilly: No. Apple makes it too hard. They say it’s because of technical issues — they don’t want outsiders to disrupt the user experience. That’s a business argument masquerading as a technological argument.