[citation][nom]jeraldjunkmail[/nom]Yeah, but even adobe is abandoning it for html5, and are in the business of making tools for html5 development. So while it will be around for a while, its days are numbered. Even Adobe wants to kill it, they are just not coming out and saying so.[/citation]
Adobe makes tools for HTML4 and since sooner or latter HTML5 will replace it, it's expected that they will also release tools for it. This doesn't mean that they will be abandoning Flash.