I'm confident, that a new plattform and the possibility to implement different frontends (-> programming languages) will strengthen the community and flash.
Cheers, Ralf > I really think this is a good discussion, so I'd like to keep it going > if that's ok. :) > > "There is no need for an alternative tool, which basically imitates what > already exists." > > Well, to me, one of the great things about the open source version was > that people could do things like your MTASC hacks, where you were able > to customize the compiler. I know that you will probably continue with > wherever Nicolas is going with MTASC, but forking away from Macromedia > is definitely going to lose a lot of people. > > I also liked the debug messages from MTASC much better than the ones > from MMC. > > Another great thing about open source in general is that often there are > some really dedicated people (e.g. Nicolas) who are constantly making > updates and improvements AND releasing them as soon as possible. > Contrast that with a big company that, in general, prioritizes features > that will earn them more money, and rolls them up into a release a year > away, which they charge $300 for an upgrade. > > I am doing Flash for commercial work, but we just started our company a > few months ago with almost no money. Software is by far the biggest > expense for us (probably 80% or more), and MTASC was really a saving grace. > > -austin > > Austin Haas > Pet Tomato, Inc. > http://www.pettomato.com > > Ralf Bokelberg wrote: > >>Partly i understand your worries. >>But if you really need to write ActionScript, because you are doing it >>commercially, you can easily buy a license of Flexbuilder and do so. >>There is no need for an alternative tool, which basically imitates what >>already exists. Or maybe somebody else implements OS AS3 - MTASC makes >>up a good foundation to learn from. >> >>Apart from that - open source is driven by personal interests. If >>Nicolas is interested in implementing a whole new plattform, no argument >>will change his mind. >> >>Cheers, >>Ralf. >> >>Allen, Christopher S. wrote: >> >> >> >>>Ralf, >>> >>>I don't want to come off sounding like I think the whole thing that Nicholas >>>is >>>going to do is crap, or that it's not innovative, quite the opposite really. >>> I >>>just think that this decision will have an impact on projects like yours, >>>ActionStep, ASwing, etc..., and that we as Flash developers will soon have >>>less >>>choices for coding ActionScript. >>> >>>-Chris >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>>Of Ralf Bokelberg >>>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:22 PM >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Open Source Flash Mailing List >>>Subject: Re: [osflash] MTASC Future >>> >>>Couldn't you implement DENG on the nextgen MTASC and provide swfs for >>>interested users? As far as i understood Nicolas, different swf will be >>>able to communicate. >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Ralf >>> >>>Claus Wahlers wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>As announced at OFLA today MTASC will unlikely support ActionScript3. >>>>>The reason is quite simple. MTASC supporting AS3 + AVM2 will be very >>>>>comparable to Macromedia Compiler provided with FlexBuilder2. And only >>>>>having the "opensource" difference is not enough. >>>> >>>> >>>>as much as i like innovation, this very most likely means the sudden >>>>death of DENG. >>>>cheers, >>>>claus. >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>osflash mailing list >>>>[email protected] >>>>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>osflash mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>osflash mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>osflash mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
