The open letter posted to Apple’s website today entitled Thoughts on Flash has put the final nail in the coffin for any hope of seeing Flash on any of Apple’s mobile devices. Signed by Steve Jobs himself, the letter thoroughly explains the six big reasons that Apple will not allow Flash onto their devices, several of which are scathing condemnations of Adobe. We’ve seen a few of the arguments used before (battery life, stability/security) when to explain why Flash hasn’t appeared, but several of them are new. Overall it is a very interesting read and provides quite a bit of insight into exactly why Flash is dead to Apple.
Update: And for those of you that want help reading in between the lines, TechCrunch has a wonderful decoding of Steve Jobs’ letter.