got it, and Tamarin interesting prospect, I think I have the sense of what I need, thanks
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Michael A. Labriola < labri...@digitalprimates.net> wrote: > >thanks for the input, let me put it another way. Adobe can change the > runtime anytime they want. They have not made the runtime code accessible > to the Apache >Flex project. Its within the realm of possibility that they > can change something in the runtime that breaks for example current Flex > >4.6 apps. Since you don't have the runtime code accessible how will you > go about fixing the issue. > > So, yes, they could decide that when the runtime starts up that it will no > longer run any code. That is their choice as they own the runtime. Doing so > though is not in their or anyone else's best interest and doesn't make much > sense. Doing so would not only break all Flex projects currently deployed > in the world but also likely all content created in Flash or ActionScript > projects. It is worth noting that Adobe said they would test future version > of the Flash Player and AIR against Flex 4.6. That does give us a baseline > > I think the best predictor of future behavior is the past. Flash has > always strived to be backward compatible with code written long ago. When > major changes were made to the Flash runtime, they actually create a whole > new virtual machine so that the original code would continue to work > forever more. If I had to guess, that's what we will eventually see here. > My 2 cents. Personally that isn't what keeps me up at night, it's a losing > proposition for Adobe to make such a change. > > More scary is the prospect of Apple and Microsoft changing licensing to > disallow things like AIR and Flash Player. This is not in any way likely. > Apple tried it. It didn't go well, just saying this would be more of a fear > than the other items. > > >And I have not played with Java for a while. I know there's an open JDK . > >Isnt' the Java runtime open sourced as well ? > > The Java runtime is under an open source license, but it is controlled in > a proprietary fashion... much the way Flex was previously. It is useful to > know that the format for SWF is also available and open. Further, the core > virtual machine for the Flash Player is available as part of the tamarin > project under Mozilla, so, much like an open JDK, it is possible to write > our own Flash Player.... please know this is not a suggestion. > > Mike > > > > -- Charles A. Monteiro www.monteirosfusion.com sent from the road
