I dislike Flash too just like Java when someone abuses it and forces it on you or removes normal Window control with it.

However when I go to a site on purpose to view Flash there are some really great looking sites out there.

There moving to the SUITE model though which is sort of good and bad. Bad in the sense that when they update to a new version you're stuck having to upgrade the entire suite even if you only want one product to update unless you want to pay close to the price of the suite for the one app update. On the flip side though you do get a few good applications in the suite for a price much cheaper then you used to be able to get.