Ryan Stewart had something to say http://www.cubicleman.com/2007/08/17/air-i-dont-get-it/
I've heard this from two or three Adobe folks now. Basically, they are targeting the consumer sector with the 1.0 release with enterprise features to arrive in the following release(s). Interesting, kind of opposite to Flex which was release to enterprise arena first, eh? DK On 8/17/07, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? > -- 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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