> Open source is a phrase that can have a few interpretations. In this > case it means Adobe is not going to devote any more company resources > into future development. I think the outcome will be the same as what > happened to Spectra, unless the Flex community convinces Adobe to > change their mind. I would guess that development of Flex is very > expensive and Adobe was not selling enough licenses of Flash Builder > to cover the cost of the Flex SDK software engineers.
This doesn't entirely make sense to me, though - they're not getting rid of Flash Builder. I also suspect that they'll subsidize some of the open-source development, as they've done many times in the past - the Ajax library in CF is open-source, but several of the developers on it were paid by Macromedia (at the time) to work on it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348726 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
