Thanks for your responses everyone. I was able to put this issue to sleep so to speak. I did quote the standardisation of flash as a strong point plus a few other points.
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Netaman <rtigr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The question you have to ask is how long will HTML5 be supported before > HTML6-8 takes over the browser, also it looks like not all implementations > of HTML are the same, so more browser supported third party javascript > addons to handle the multitude of html5 workarounds... > > Flex is a fun language to code in and when it life is over it will create a > vacuum for the next best application development environment, but by that > time hopefully there will be direct connects to the brain for application > development and some of the best development done while we sleep. > > IMHO > > Randy > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Wesley Acheson <wesley.ache...@...> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > One of our clients is expressing concerns over the over all lifespan of > > flex. > > > > Some of his specific worries are to do with the way flash isn't allowed > on > > certain apple mobile devices and the initial implementations of HTML5 > which > > is obviously backed by the W3C. Their concern is that flex won't be a > > supported product 5 years down the line and/or the changes in browser > > technology by that point will render flash obsolete. > > > > Have any studies been done about the long term feasibility of flex? Are > > Adobe commited to a long term existence of the product? Is there any > public > > evidence of large firms using it successfully? > > > > Regards, > > > > Wesley Acheson > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > >