Originally Posted By: tonyc
Re: Flash, the simple fact is that Apple is very anti-Flash, whereas Google is happy to work with Flash for now. There's a flash plugin for the Chrome browser, so it's logical to think one would end up in Chrome OS. Is it 100% guaranteed? No, but again, this was just a "what if" scenario, so you make some assumptions.

There is a Flash plugin for Chrome on x86 (using the same NS compatible plugin that works for all other browsers), but not ARM. Google plans to target Chrome OS for both x86 and ARM, so they may run into an issue Apple has with the iPad/iPhone. So far, Adobe hasn't even released a real Flash version for ARM on any device. In theory, one is in beta for Android, but who knows how well thats going at this point. The whole "Open Screen" initiative hasn't produced anything yet for end users. So it's hard to judge how well it would even work at this point. I do side with saying it will likely happen, but it hasn't happened yet.