It was always supposed to be an open standard. Allaire wasn't
trying to create the standards so that it could control the
standards (ala Microsoft). They created it because they
didn't find whatever other standards were out there at the
time suitable for the noble purpose of sharing CF data with
other languages.
The comparison with Forums doesn't fit at all. Allaire never
intended to make any money off WDDX. Release 1.0 worked fine
and can take care of itself. It doesn't need to be looked
after.
As for future plans, I'm sure whatever happens the CFWDDX
tag will remain intact.
IMHO, all Macromedia is doing is fixing Allaire's mistake
of giving everyone the impression that WDDX was somehow
Allaire-specific.
Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 1:09 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: WDDX now OpenWDDX
>
>
> Hm. That sounds like the "Formums is now Open Source"! Much like an
> abandonded child in a trash can. "I didn't abandon that child, officer; I
> merely released him to the public domain!"
>
> I think this could be a pretty important event; it's hard to read
> the minds
> of the uppity-uppers who haven't written a line of code ever, but who read
> magazines on airplanes. Is WDDX part of the future "technology
> roadmap" for
> Macromedia, or is this the way of dumping it?
>
> HmMmMmmm...
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