Matt Chotin is away this week and has moved from development to
product management and therefore must now choose his words
carefully. I’m still in development so maybe I can get away with
more.
Robert, I don’t think we’ve met, and I haven’t gone back to see your
past history with Flex, but I would like to ask you to think twice
about the way you are trying to get your message across before
hitting send. Sending high priority messages, and maybe not having
all of your facts straight, discredits your message and invites
others to get mad or poke fun or both. I believe your message is
that Adobe also sells solutions via Scene7 and Adobe Consulting and
could purposefully or accidentally end up competing with
independents like yourself, and that there are alternatives to Flex
such as OpenLaszlo and Silverlight and Quicktime. That part of your
message is not really debatable. I’ve worked for Lotus and IBM in
my past and they also both sold development tools and had solutions
teams and there is a fine line they have to walk. Occasionally,
they stepped on one of their independents.
It is unfortunate that you’ve been burned in the past, and you and
others should definitely keep on the lookout for competition whether
from Adobe or other independents. However, the call to arms to have
everyone attend a webinar did not warrant “red alert” status.
Yellow maybe. And based on your past, I’m surprised you would place
so much weight on what you would hear in a webinar or in any public
statement by Adobe. This is a fast moving marketplace and Adobe can
change its mind right after talking to you. You’ll always have to
read the tea leaves and be ready to change course yourself.
Finally, this forum is not an Adobe forum. There are non-Adobe
moderators. As far as I’m concerned, you can get on your soapbox
anytime you want, but if you want to reach a wide audience, fire and
brimstone may not be the best approach. If you just want to vent,
please warn us up front. And when you get on your soapbox,
sometimes you just have a clever comeback line or just ignore the
hecklers, including me. Yelling back at them is a waste of your
energy. Take the high road, choose your technologies, remain nimble
and good luck to you.
-Alex
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Robert Thompson
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:50 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Cc: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] OpenLaszlo.org supports Flex, Silverlight,
AJAX, soon Quicktime, and also DHTML and W3C
If you would just read your own comments you'd realize I'm posting
objectively and angering just the few of you.
I'm thankful to the posters the other day who said, essentially, if
you're not interested don't read it.
If your thankful to get some information to get to the root of the
matter, look into it.
I spent $1,777 on FLEX 3.0 with ILOG Elixr, and a lot more on Master
Suite.
So don't tell me I don't have the right to question the money I've
spent and the time invested, and cut my losses, and simply make
others aware that there is a "War of the RIAs going on" and if you
care to look into it, here's an article on it,
http://counternotions.com/2007/11/15/apple-runtime-answer-2/
I have asked questions about coding. But I'm also looking for the
stability of the platform. I pushed very hard from someone to step
up and create an OpenGL framework, and although I'm sure there are
others, I was one of them, rooting for Adobe, and Macromedia
developers like Matt Chotin and a few others appreciated it.
Most of these responses are just anger letting out....it's the
nature of the game when posting a controversial warning about the
coding your doing and it's value 2 years from now when nearly
everything can be done (I estimate 80% of what is commonly done in
eCommerce, will be done using Scene7.com, not a FLEX developer
earning a living).
Fyi, I made no claim that OpenLaszlo.org is a new effort, it's in
version 4, but what is happening in version 4i is newer.
Throw the chip on your shoulder at someone else; I'm trying to warn
some of those out there that may blindly make the same mistakes I
made in my 20's by blindly trusting Microsoft and believing being
chosen for an event to showcase my product was a good thing, an
endorsement. It wasn't. It was a precursor for a patent.
Try to take the emotions out of this with the words like "Crap" and
such.
-r
On Friday, August 29, 2008, at 03:01PM, "Michael Schmalle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Doug,
>
>I take your hand and walk through fiery hell in hopes the Mr.
Person might
>be exorcised.
>
>Mike
>
>On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>> God forgive me, for I have sinned. I am responding to a thread I
know
>> I absolutely should not have replied to. Sorry for encouraging the
>> ranting, I just couldn't not reply when this amazing email came
into
>> my inbox. Robert, I'll address each paragraph one at a time and
tell
>> you exactly why this message, as well as the ones you have been
>> sending in the last day or so, are in fact complete spam and
worthy of
>> the comments you have received.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Robert Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<plasmaphonic%40mac.com>>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > OpenLaszlo.org supports Flex, Flash, Silverlight, AJAX, soon
Quicktime
>>
>> Simply incorrect. OpenLaszlo has been around for years and has
always
>> targeted both the Flash runtime and AJAX. That's what it does and
>> that's what it has always done. You write an app and you can target
>> Flash or DHTML. There it no support for Silverlight, there is no
>> "support" for Flex (what woudl that even mean?), I don't know
what you
>> are suggesting when you claim they "support" Quicktime but that
>> doesn't even make sense. If you are going to make wild claims
please
>> back them up with references so we can verify. I also want to point
>> out that this sentence and only one other short sentence later in
this
>> message (also completely factually incorrect) are the only two
parts
>> of this email that have anything at all to do with the subject of
this
>> thread.
>>
>> > First of all to the gentlemen suggesting I'm slamming the list.
I am not
>> and I take offense at that. Don't accuse me when I am responding
to someone
>> else. I posted only 2 original posts and they were in the best
interest of
>> the [flexcoders] community, some agreed, some did not. Do not
accuse me of
>> spamming unless you are from Adobe and moderating this list.
>>
>> This has nothing to do with the topic you posted. If you have a
gripe
>> about someone's reply then reply to that. By creating a new
thread and
>> filling it with completely unrelated paragraphs like this you are
in
>> fact spamming the list.
>>
>> > Second of all, I've been continuing to research this, and have
a simple
>> answer to the "Runtime Wars" that are very real and goign on and
are a part
>> of the acquisition of Scene7 which DIRECTLY RELATES TO
FLEXCODERS. Don't
>> question, Mr. Person who accuses me of spamming, my motives when
I'm trying
>> to get to the bottom of this.
>>
>> Completely unrelated to the subject you posted.
>>
>> > Thirdly, OpenLazlo.org has also scene the shifting going on in
the
>> industry between Silverlight and Flex/Swf, Quicktime SDK, and
others and has
>> begun and open source solution. So there you have it. Do not
accuse me and
>> get aggressive without doing your own research.
>>
>> Again, OpenLazlo has been around for years, I assume most people on
>> this list know about it. And even if not this post does not provide
>> any new information whatsoever, and instead only provides
misleading
>> and factual incorrect information.
>>
>> > I'm in this to better our investments in time and money (for
those who
>> care about it). If you continue to defame me with an accusation
of Spamming
>> you better back it up with an Original Posting by me that is off
topic. I am
>> not Spamming, and if you feel I have, show me, and If it's true I
will stop
>> it. But I intend to get to the bottom of this legally or otherwise.
>>
>> Fine, cheers, have fun. But this post does not have any information
>> regarding the topic you posted, so please keep the personal
monologues
>> under wraps unless you are talking about something. You want an
>> original posting that is off-topic? THIS ONE.
>>
>> > EVERYONE BE AN INDIVIDUAL: Don't let anyone sucker you into
thinking for
>> you. Do your own research and look to OpenLaszlo.org which
appears to be a
>> noble effort recognizing the struggles going on in Adobe with the
>> resignation of the CEO last Fall.
>>
>> Again, OpenLazlo is not new. It has nothing to do with the Adobe
CEO
>> at all. Do your own research before spamming with incorrect
>> information please.
>>
>> > [flexcoders] should be aware that they have multiple options
and One
>> blasted person trying to tape my mouth shut by claiming I'm
spamming had
>> better be from Adobe and not just another developer trying to cut-
down free
>> speech that IS ON TOPIC WITH THE FUTURE of our Investment in Time
and Money.
>> Do any of us want to waste 4 years only to find out it was for not?
>>
>> I don't think anyone is denying there are multiple options, we're
just
>> saying that you going off on long rants without any information of
>> substance is getting annoying.
>>
>> > If you claim I'm spamming the list by providing a URL, my URL
earlier
>> posted was so I could present the research I'm doing w/o posting
to this
>> group and offending people like you who just get in the way.
>>
>> No, we're claiming you're spamming the list by messages exactly
like these.
>>
>> > I like the earlier posting of the individual lady who said, let
it live,
>> or feed it. The comments thereafter were uneeded and more
contrary to the
>> policies of polite procedure of this group than trying to inform.
others.
>> I've been there, I've been screwed by a large company who did a
very similar
>> thing that is happening now; so if you don't want to listen, skip
the
>> posting and stop accusing me.
>>
>> God, I really wanted to skip it, I just couldn't... it's a
weakness of
>> mine, I have a hard time letting ridiculousness pass by without
>> calling it out. You, my friend, are being ridiculous.
>>
>>
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