Patrick Mineault wrote: > Well as far as amfphp is concerned I believe from contacts with MM that > they have given us implicit consent as they have mentionned that > Remoting will not be made available for PHP by MM itself but they are > aware that the need is there, so we're just filling a void.
Although probably far too premature for discussion, an open source AS3 compiler would also fill a small void. I think Macromedia can rest assured that the chances of the open source community seriously rivalling Flex are pretty much zero, and for the most part people will buy Flex for the entire platform - not just the compiler, and not just for access to the 8.5 player. An open source compiler opens up options for those developers who do not wish to use the Flex platform - which is by no means applicable in every situation. Of course, in future the Flash IDE will support Flash 8.5 - but even so, will it feature a command line compiler? Who knows... If it will, then maybe there is less of a requirement for an open source compiler - since I suspect for the most part everyone will at least have the Flash IDE. > We still have 6 months until FP8.5 and the bytecode is not even stable > yet so it's a stale discussion anyways, as an attempt at that would be > pretty useless. I suggest the 'shut up and wait' approach. Personally I > don't mind paying a grand for a compiler, but I do understand people > (say Claus) have issues with it, especially if they are developing > non-commercial products. But then again that's always been an issue > before the arrival of MTASC on the scene. True to some extent, however missing a couple of vital details. Firstly, it's kinda fun. That gives us 6 months to play around when we feel like it, no pressure to actually produce anything. Secondly, it was always an issue before the arrival of MTASC - true, but the departure of MTASC (from Macromedia compatibility) means that this hole is ready to open up again when everybody wants to target 8.5. "Shut up and wait" is all well and good, but it's not really much fun ;-) _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
