Don't worry about it Doug. I haven't read one post from this guy that offered anything useful or positive; which is a shame considering the amout of experience that he claims to have. On the one hand he admonishes you for being sarcastic, while at the same time his own post is riddled with sarcasm. Better just to ignore j'offs like this.
-TH --- In [email protected], "Doug McCune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ummm, looks like I got served > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Robert Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Oh, btw, you may want to take out the gum in your mouth before posting. > > > > It alleviates the "ummmmm" effect quite nicely. > > > > No need for that, it's a sarcastic lead-in. j'off (signing off) > > > > -r > > > > On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Doug McCune wrote: > > > > ummm, you're a flex consultant afraid of not having work because of > > adobe? are you looking at the same market I am? > > > > The "adobe is cannibalizing it's user base" argument might hold a > > little water when it comes to the products they're developing (pshop > > express, buzzword, etc). But god knows there's more Flex consulting > > work out there than anyone knows what to do with. Try crying wolf once > > any semblance of a problem emerges. And has someone really fired you > > because they started using scene 7? really? > > > > Doug > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Robert Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]<plasmaphonic%40mac.com>> > > wrote: > > > Although I'll hold my breath until more and more info. is released into > > the > > > public. > > > > > > I'm a little concerned that Adobe is starting to get the "Take over the > > > world" vision with Scene 7.0 > > > > > > They appear to be heading towards a consulting type service (as well as > > > selling to us developers) where people can create FLEX like sites and > > > experiences that were the hope and promise of developers to capitalize on > > > buy spending, in my case, $1,777 on the FLEX 3.0 with ILOG Elixr > > components. > > > > > > I have many projects planned in this area. > > > > > > But when will come the day when someone says, "Oh, I just purchase Adobe > > > Scene 7.0, we don't need to contract you any longer". > > > > > > If this turns out to be the case, it will ultimately result in the same > > > Entropy demise of IBM, which was followed by Microsoft, and which I hope > > > Adobe does not plan to fall into. > > > > > > Why would a developer dedicate years of his life to APIs from Adobe when, > > > ultimately, the way things are turning out, why don't we just get down to > > > the GPU level an 'C' Program NVIDIA CUDO to do the ultimate in 3-4 years > > > time, rather than let someone sucker us into purchasing products, very > > > expensive ones, only to turn and compete with us. > > > > > > Things are not looking pretty and it appears to me that Open Source, ala, > > > Blender instead of Maya, CUDO and Apache SOAP instead of Coldfusion, and > > > DHTML will perhaps some new submissions to the W3C -- perhaps that's the > > new > > > message us developers need to listen to. > > > > > > As Henry Rollins says in his great song "Liar", "Please, I'm sorry, just > > > give me anther chance....Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, oooooooooooooo.....SUCKER, > > > Sucker.....aaaaahhhh, I like it (the money)....I FEEL GOOD". > > > > > > Do you feel good Adobe? Where do you want to go today? > > > > > > I'll follow this....if this heads where I think it is, I will put out the > > > message. > > > > > > -r > > > > > > > > > > > > >
