Right, in my eyes 4.2 was a major release with the SWF10 runtime support. :-) I'm aware of the great improvements the platform has seen in the past years. A bit of marketing would be good, though.
http://visualrinse.com/2011/01/25/what-flash-needs-to-remain-relevant-in-5-years/ " Laszlo‘s a bit of a fringe player (geeks love it, but your mom doesn’t know Laszlo), but it is solid technology. Why doesn’t Adobe have this capability?" On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Amy Muntz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Raju, > Yes - please contact the Laszlo Systems management team. > > One quick correction - the last major release was actually OpenLaszlo 4.2, > which added the SWF10 run time platform. While the number scheme could be > better, this release was in 2009. Since then, we've continued to push out > new features to the community as fast as we can, with OpenLaszlo 4.9 being > released in October, 2010. We are due for another community release soon. I > agree that publishing a target would be helpful and I will look into this. > > Thanks, as always, for your insightful comments and technical contributions! > > Amy > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Raju Bitter > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you, Amy. I will contact the Laszlo Systems management team. >> Though I think it would be good for Laszlo Systems as a company to be >> able to publish the release date for the next major release of the >> platform (not specifying a month, but at least to be able to say: we >> expect to release OpenLaszlo 5.0 by Q?/Year?). The last major release >> of OpenLaszlo (4.0) was in March 2007. That's almost 4 years without a >> major release, and I can imagine that I'm not the only one waiting for >> 5.0. >> >> Let's see if I can get an answer from Laszlo Systems. >> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Amy Muntz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Raju, >> > Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to these questions. I would >> > suggest >> > to anyone using OpenLaszlo that they explore new features as they are >> > added >> > by downloading the OpenLaszlo nightly trunk builds. Right now, >> > OpenLaszlo >> > remains as it always has with the CPL license and any change would >> > certainly >> > only affect future versions of OpenLaszlo and not the current software. >> > >> > I understand from your email that you have requirements for upcoming >> > work, >> > so it might be best to talk directly with the management team at Laszlo >> > Systems about licensing, etc.. >> > >> > Sorry that I couldn't be more helpful in this matter, >> > Amy >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Raju Bitter >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I might be starting a new project using OpenLaszlo in the next weeks, >> >> and have a few questions on the future of the project: >> >> >> >> 1) When will OpenLaszlo 5.0 be released? >> >> 2) Under which license will OpenLaszlo 5.0 be released? Will the >> >> software still be open source for commercial usage? I've heard rumors >> >> that there are plans to use a dual license for future versions of >> >> OpenLaszlo? >> >> a) If there are plans for a commercial version of OpenLaszlo, how >> >> much are the license costs going to be? Similar to ExtJS >> >> http://www.sencha.com/store/, charging around $ 900-1000/developer >> >> seat? >> >> b) Will there be license costs for non-commercial use of the software? >> >> c) Will contributors/committers get a free version of the software >> >> for commercial development? Or do we have to pay the full price in >> >> case of a release under a dual license? >> >> 3) Will the 5.0 release include the new component set? >> >> 4) Will the new components be compatible with the old components (can >> >> you mix old and new components)? >> >> 5) Can custom components be migrated to the new component set >> >> infrastructure (e.g. having components extending base components)? >> >> >> >> My recommendations for OpenLaszlo as a future-proof development >> >> platform will much depend on answers to these questions. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Raju >> > >> > >> > >
