> Secondly, it > was always an issue before the arrival of MTASC Oh, you read slashdot, too? :)
mark On 10/26/05, The Irrelevant Elephant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- http://snafoo.org/ jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
