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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.8 - NOVEMBER 2000
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Something’s Fishy Here… I quote from your article "Shockwave.Com: Fun and Games on a High-Flying Hub" (Dannacher, 5.01): "To date, the Flash software player has been successfully downloaded by over 200 million users around the world. This means that veritably 90% of the people on the Net now have Flash." The reason this seems preposterous is because 200 million downloads have been recorded -- not 200 million individual Web users as your article claims. Most of them are people downloading a newer version or trying to get it again after a Net failure. It's great that you are promoting Web animation and I develop my Web animation in Flash and Director, but ridiculous claims make the industry and your magazine look like nothing more than hype. We don't need that any more. Skepticism of a company’s claims is healthy. For a journalist it's essential. Sincerely, Hooray for Harry We enjoyed your interview, "10 Questions with Harry Shearer, Springfield’s Finest," (Singer, 5.01) with Harry Shearer. Your Website is outstanding. We just discovered it and will come back frequently. Keep up the great work! Best,
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