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“Apple has had the mettle to ditch Flash on the iPhone and the iPad albeit for suspect reasons and using abhorrent methods (DRM) and this has pushed Web developers to make Flash-free alternatives of their pages,” the letter says. “You could do the same with YouTube, for better reasons, and it would be a death-blow to Flash’s dominance in Web video.

“Adobe blogger John Dowdell, who works in customer relations at the company, finds fault with the FSF’s dismissal of Flash. “[The] Free Software Foundation seems ignorant that Flash ubiquity led to YouTube (not vice-versa),” he said via Twitter.

Google meanwhile isn’t ready to comment on its plans for On2′s technology.

“While we’re looking forward to working with the On2 Technologies team to continue to improve high quality online video, I can’t provide more information about our plans right now,” a company spokesperson said via e-mail.

Check back during the Google IO developer conference in May, a likely time for Google to elaborate on its plans for On2′s technology. Register today for Cloud Connect, the defining event that brings together the entire cloud computing community, including IT leaders, industry executives, and developers.

It happens March 15-18, in Santa Clara, Calif. Find out more and register.

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