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December 2nd, 2007

Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 8:34 am

Categories: Project failures, Tools

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Michael Krigsman

The big screen in New York’s Times Square runs Windows and Adobe Flash. I guess you could say that Flash crashed big-time (no pun intended).

From Andrew Flynn’s website:

Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world

And here’s a close-up of the error box:

Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world

Michael KrigsmanMichael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to discuss this post with him on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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  • Most Recent of 27 Talkback(s)
Hey, don't be so rude
Please don't try to make a big deal from small issue. The title of blog is right: perhaps the largest adobe crash in the world. Does anybody know any popular software which doesn't crashes? We all dea... (Read the rest)
Posted by: jatin085@... Posted on: 12/13/07 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Very bad software development.  kraterz | 12/02/07
Programming 101 is the problem  rpmyers1 | 12/02/07
Agreed, very bad coding.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/03/07
You folks are probably right  Sagax- | 12/03/07
RE: Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world  plainstreet@... | 12/03/07
it's a windoze crash  Linux Geek | 12/03/07
Of course if the used Linux it would not have crashed  GuidingLight | 12/03/07
I guess seeing a picture is not one of your abilities.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/03/07
sorry to burst your bubble Linux geek but flash crashes  SO.CAL Guy | 12/03/07
oh and one more this Linux crashes the FUD from you runth deep  SO.CAL Guy | 12/03/07
RE: Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world  rpboothe | 12/03/07
You sure it isn't running Vista?  jaybyrd | 12/03/07
How did the OS not do its job?  NonZealot | 12/03/07
jaybird, You've been SPANKED!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/03/07
A Giant Blue Screen Would Have Been Hilarious!!!  itanalyst | 12/03/07
Yeah, it would have been!!  NonZealot | 12/03/07
Pro-MS fanboy...  KTLA | 12/03/07
Fanboy? I Think Not.  itanalyst | 12/03/07
Largest Adobe Flash Crash In Windows  dennisevo@... | 12/08/07
I've seen crashes at Shell gas stations...  olePigeon | 12/03/07
RE: Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world  heres_johnny | 12/04/07
It's a real shame.  Gralyndr | 12/04/07
I have seen a local Dairy Queen...  seal@... | 12/04/07
yeah, don't do flash. don't need that kind of grief. and since the new  wessonjoe | 12/04/07
RE: Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world  John Musbach | 12/04/07
RE: Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world  dave1944barker@... | 12/09/07
Hey, don't be so rude  jatin085@... | 12/13/07

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