Macromedia Flash Player 7 for Solaris Now Available
New version improves security and performance
AUCKLAND, New Zealand- September 16, 2004 - Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of
MacromediaÒ FlashÔ Player 7 for Solaris. This new version of Macromedia Flash Player offers improved performance and
security, and new capabilities for powering rich Internet applications. For more information on Macromedia Flash Player
7, or to download it, visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/flashsolaris/.
"Macromedia wants to ensure that Solaris users can experience the proven effectiveness of Flash on their platform of
choice,"
said Jeff Whatcott, vice president of product management, Macromedia. "More enterprise customers are using Breeze to
improve their communications and Flex to deliver better application front ends. This release extends the reach of those
applications to Solaris workstations."
Macromedia Flash Player is installed across more than 98 percent of Internet-connected desktops and a growing number of
mobile devices. Macromedia Flash Player powers effective rich Internet applications created with the Macromedia Flex
Ô presentation server and expressive interactive content created with both Macromedia BreezeÔ and the Macromedia Flash
authoring tool. More than one million developers worldwide rely on the integrated graphics, video, audio and data
capabilities
of Macromedia Flash Player to deliver the most engaging and effective experiences on the web.
"Sun Microsystems and Macromedia worked closely together to share resources to help bring Macromedia Flash Player 7 to
the Solaris platform," said Steve Pelletier, vice president, Sun Microsystems. "The Solaris OS redefines what an
operating system
should be, and Macromedia Flash Player changes the face of content and applications online, so this is a perfect match
for our customers."
Macromedia Flash Player 7 offers increased performance and ensures a consistent cross-platform experience. With support
for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Macromedia Flash Player enables developers to blend HTML and Flash with consistent
formatting. New support for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) web services connectivity, allows developers to create
rich Internet application user interfaces that handle enterprise data in a service-oriented architecture.
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