got a blog post going on this now too: http://www.cubicleman.com/2007/08/17/air-i-dont-get-it/
Java land has HSQLDB, which is not difficult to include in a Java app. http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/ Christian Conraet's (sp?) Flex/Apache examples use this IIRC. DK On 8/17/07, John Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Speed of desktop development. A regular desktop app takes far more work. > Plus you wouldn't have access to the integrated stuff they are including. > Imagine trying to do a desktop app in say java and then needing a > underlining database engine to run the stuff. You have to find a solution > and build it in. With AIR, SQLite comes with the runtime so all that work is > saved. > > The other side, is that in many cases, companies have to develop two > seperate instances of there software. One web based and the other desktop > based. Case in point, Intuit, has Quickbooks on desktop but they also have > an online version that requires a completely separate set of development and > coding. Imagine using most the coding for both deployments. With AIR that is > much easier to do. Cost savings! > > Plus, frankly AIR apps just look better than most of the regular desktop > apps. For example, does anyone really like using Java Swing? > > John Mason > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 770.337.8363 > > www.FusionLink.com <http://www.fusionlink.com/> - ColdFusion and Flex > hosting > Now offering ColdFusion 8 Enterprise hosting > FREE Subversion hosting > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Clarke > Bishop > *Sent:* Friday, August 17, 2007 4:19 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [AFFUG Discuss] Adobe AIR event at the FOX...did anyone go? > > We had an interesting discussion on this at the CF Lunch today, but let > me ask all of you ... > > Why does the world need AIR, anyway? What's it really good for? > > We came up with two big answers at lunch: > > 1. Creating "sometimes online, sometimes offline" applications > > 2. Allowing Flash/Flex/HTML developers to create desktop applications > without having to learn other languages or OS-specific peculiarities. > > What else would you guys add? > > Clarke > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Seth Floyd > Jr. > *Sent:* Friday, August 17, 2007 11:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFFUG Discuss] Adobe AIR event at the FOX...did anyone go? > > I had something come up that pretty much superseded the event…job > interview…so I didn't get to go. Did anyone else on the list make it and if > so how was it? Learn anything new or anything you want to share with us? > > > > http://www.sethfloydjr.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 678-793-0155 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
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