I'm going to say this calmly and politely to you. You think this is some kind of "fun" spicy take, but considering that some rely on these technologies I find your remark to be incredibly offensive and insulting. If we were discussing this face to face you'd have a major problem right now
It would help if you would give some details about how you rely on Flash/ActiveX/XML. Is it a matter of life and death? If so, how?