Ben Very interesting strategy -- to leverage the existence of the Flash plug-in without requiring Flash as a programming tool --
How much of the Flash interface is a published standard & not subject to change? If the interface is not a published standard, then this approach is headed for trouble. Dick On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 02:25 AM, Benoit Hediard wrote: > There was a very interesting article in InternetWeek on tuesday : > "Laszlo > Rising: The Inside Story Of A Stealth Vendor's Rich App Plans" > (http://www.internetweek.com/story/INW20020827S0008). > Laszlo is a small SF start-up (12 people!) that raised $9 million this > month. > By the end of the year, they should release a new web technology to > build > Rich Internet App that uses Flash on the client side (but not as an > authoring tool) and J2EE on the server side (and later on .NET). > > "You've got to fit into today's server infrastructures of J2EE, XML, > and Web > services," he said. "If you're doing anything other than that, you've > got a > tough road ahead of you." > > "From a tool perspective, Laszlo shied away from visually oriented, > timeline-based tools that would appeal to graphics artists." ... > "Rather, > its platform deals with XML and Javascript at a native level and is > created > using a text-heavy editor, not a visual tool". > > They definitely try to compete with Macromedia MX by using most of its > idea > and concepts... > > Benoit > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
