First, it was against Apple - "Without Flash, the iPad will suck. Apple is evil for excluding it". Now, the pendulum has swung the other way - "Adobe is evil".
Eventually we'll settle on the agreed upon: Adobe is only mildly evil. :)
My point is that it was never (or rarely) mentioned as such in HN prior to Jobs' comments...
Generally I don't think any company is more or less evil than any other. Most publicly traded companies pretty much do whatever they can get away with - and if they don't do so now, their next CEO will.
First, it was against Apple - "Without Flash, the iPad will suck. Apple is evil for excluding it". Now, the pendulum has swung the other way - "Adobe is evil".
Eventually we'll settle on the agreed upon: Adobe is only mildly evil. :)