Here's a use case that I see all the time and it fully justifies the use of open source.
User A would really love to see company X would add feature Y to product Z. User A posts to mailing lists and forums and wish forms until, with some luck, enough requests come in to justify the development time required to implement the feature. Often the turn-around for that will be years rather than weeks or months. User B either is, or knows the developer of an open source alternative. User B wants the same feature and speaks to said developer. 2 days later the feature is in the latest build of the open source tool and available to everyone who wants it. With Flex Builder 2 being built on the Eclipse platform, there is enormous scope for open source developers to contribute very low level functionality to extend and enhance the product. You really do get the best of both worlds and I, for one, applaud Macromedia for choosing it. Spike On 11/1/05, Nick Weekes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't understand why you would go for a (possibly) less functional tool > than FlexBuilder 2 just because its open source? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin > Wood > Sent: 01 November 2005 10:19 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Debugging wih FAMES? > > > > JesterXL wrote: > > I used to use FAME because MTASC is extremely fast at compiling > > compared to Flash. > > > > However, MTASC is apparently not going to support AS3, thus the whole > > point of using FAME, for me anyway, is dead. While Flashout has some > > nicely formatted traces, and ASDT has some neat templates, it doesn't > > compare to FlexBuilder 2. > > > > So, yeah, I'd dump FAME and go to FlexBuilder 2. > > I wouldnt get too concerned yet. Flex 2 is still alpha, theres plenty of > time for AS3 related things to happen in the open source world. > > I know Flex2 is all very exciting at the moment, but i'll never give up my > open source. NEVER. > > :) > > > martin > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
