Just read a new message ... it seems Adobe wants to give the source to the Open-Source Project "Spoon" German Article: http://www.golem.de/1111/87724.html
Official Note on the Spoon Website: http://www.spoon.as/2011/adobe-announces-intention-to-donate-flex-sdk/ Chris 2011/11/14 David Coleman <[email protected]>: > here are two releases from Adobe that for me help to lay some of my concerns > to rest. > > However, I still find myself reading the writing on the wall and have > started to download Adobe Edge to see what's up with HTML5. I depend on my > skills to put food on my table, I need to make sure i don't become obsolete. > > :-( > > > http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2011/11/11/clarifications-on-flash-player-for-mobile-browsers-the-flash-platform-and-the-future-of-flash/ > > http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Christofer Dutz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> They will certainly not completely kill Flex and Flash. As You >> mentioned, there is too much at stake. If I just think of the SAP Flex >> Controls, The Oracle Dashboards, I think I have seen a lot in Lotus >> Notes that all depend on Flex. Simply killing Flash and Flex with it >> would damage Adobes reputation irreperably. I mean ... who would ever >> again trust Adobe after something like this. >> >> I would immagine that they hand over the code to some organization >> like Eclipse or the Apache foundation. If this is the case, I think >> there will be more benefits of it than there are drawbacks. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> 2011/11/14 David Coleman <[email protected]>: >> > I wonder who will end up as the official maintainer of this technology? >> > There is a huge community, and I believe that in the absence of Adobe's >> > stubbornness and marketing based feature decisions, we will actually >> > benefit >> > as a community from this. I would like to see Adobe contribute the code >> > of >> > FlashBuilder to the OpenSource market as well... >> > >> > If Adobe is going to cease development of Flash and Friends, then the >> > community must have access to the most recent build of a "stable" >> > development platform. There are too many important developers and major >> > corporations who are dependent on this technology to have the IDE >> > discarded >> > by the wayside. >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Christofer Dutz >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Well acutally I think this is a real chance. >> >> >> >> Adobe is willing to contribute ALL of the SDK to open-source >> >> developmment. I think with this step a lot of issues could be >> >> adressed, that simply wouldn't have yet ... just because Adobe was to >> >> stubborn ... let's just say ... No more the need to have a FB >> >> Professional License Number in order to have Automation working. >> >> Access to the code portions that were currently not available. >> >> Distribution of the Flex SDKs in a real Mavan Repository ... >> >> >> >> I read the news and thought "oh my good!", but thinking about it made >> >> me come to the conclusion that not all's bad. >> >> http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html >> >> >> >> Chrs >> >> >> >> >> >> 2011/11/12 Petr Cihelka <[email protected]>: >> >> > Well, it is really bad situation and Flex comunity is really unhappy >> >> > about >> >> > this. We still have the Spoon, but if Flex lose Adobe's flag it will >> >> > be >> >> > less >> >> > attractive for developers, because there will be no strong vision and >> >> > lead. >> >> > I'm really scared about Flex future, I invested info Flex alot of >> >> > time, >> >> > defended Flash Player and now this. This was really bad week. >> >> > >> >> > There is already petition, more info here: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-shantanu-narayen-to-step-down-as-ceo?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition >> >> > >> >> > Adobe's Transformation by Adobe CEO >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/adobe%E2%80%99s-transformation.html >> >> > >> >> > Peter >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > 2011/11/12 SimonW <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> Bye Bye Flex.... >> >> >> >> >> >> If I get it right, the Flex SDK 4.6 (Release date is end of >> >> >> November) >> >> >> will be the last one from Adobe - see here: >> >> >> http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html >> >> >> >> >> >> In my eyes it looks as the end of Flex (Adobe does not invest into >> >> >> Flex and invest into Flash Player is also down) - see press from >> >> >> this >> >> >> week. Focus is on HTML5, so it looks as Flex dies... >> >> >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> >> Groups "Flex Mojos" group. >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos >> >> >> >> >> >> http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > S pozdravem, >> >> > CIHELKA Petr >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> > Groups "Flex Mojos" group. >> >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >> > http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos >> >> > >> >> > http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "Flex Mojos" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos >> >> >> >> http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > David K. Coleman >> > abc | consulting >> > Av. Del Libertador 5930, Piso 6 >> > C1428ARP Capital Federal, Argentina >> > F +54 (11) 4788-9898 >> > [email protected] >> > www.abcconsulting.com.ar >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Flex Mojos" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos >> > >> > http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Flex Mojos" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos >> >> http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ > > > > -- > David K. Coleman > abc | consulting > Av. 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