Equally interesting is the change of the development model for Flex: "We also know that the technology landscape for application development is rapidly changing and our customers want more direct control over the underlying technologies they use. Given this, we are planning to contribute the Flex SDK to an open source foundation in the same way we contributed PhoneGap to the Apache Foundation when we acquired Nitobi. This project will be jointly led by some developers from the Flex SDK engineering team along with key developers from the Flex community, including members of the Spoon Project and contributors from enterprise companies currently using Flex. Flex SDK feature development will continue under a new governance model and Adobe will continue to contribute to the Flex SDK."
Ok, so they want to rid themselves of the development costs for Flex. If Adobe contributes the Flex SDK to an open source foundation, how is Laszlo going to continue the OpenLaszlo development effort? Laszlo should have done the same thing 2 years ago - when there was still enough interest OpenLaszlo, and most people with good knowledge of the technology still on-board. On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Raju Bitter <[email protected]> wrote: > "In the long-term, we believe HTML5 will be the best technology for > enterprise application development." > > Who might have said that? The Adobe Flex team in their latest blog > post: http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:28 PM, P T Withington <[email protected]> wrote: >> More interesting to me is the fallout for the iPhone/iPad competitors who >> touted their ability to run Flash mobile. >> >> Adobe should get back to what they were best at: making really excellent >> design tools. They have dropped the ball on some great products in their >> attempt to mimic micro$ by "embracing and destroying" their competitors... >> >> On 2011-11-09, at 23:30, Raju Bitter wrote: >> >>> And there seem to be some rumors that Microsoft will discontinue >>> Silverlight as well: >>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-there-be-a-silverlight-6-and-does-it-matter/11180 >>> >>> "Several of my customer and partner contacts have told me they have >>> heard from their own Microsoft sources over the past couple of weeks >>> that Silverlight 5 is the last version of Silverlight that Microsoft >>> will release. They said they are unsure whether there will be any >>> service packs for it, and they are also not clear on how long >>> Silverlight 5 will be supported by Microsoft." >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Raju Bitter >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Adobe discontinues any development of mobile versions of Flash Player: >>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html >>>> >>>> Adobe Falls After Plan to Cut 750 Jobs, Stop Flash Mobile >>>> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-09/adobe-falls-after-plan-to-cut-750-jobs-stop-flash-mobile.html >>>> >>>> They should have created a JavaScript/HTML5 generator for ActionScript >>>> 3 long ago. But this might very well be the beginning of the end of >>>> Flash as a relevant web technology. >>>> >> >> >
