hank williams wrote: > Throwing "unnecessary spanners in the machine" is to some extent what > the "victims" of open source often feel is happening. I am sure > microsoft feels linux is "unnecessary."
Not a particularly fair analogy, though. For starters I don't think the Linux community in general give a rat's buttock what Microsoft thinks .. whereas we do care about what Macromedia think. Also the Linux community have no interest in the plight of Windows (except for maybe wishing it into the gutter) .. whereas here we are all targeting the same Flash Player. Given that the open source flash tools are designed and built to /enhance/ the Flash platform .. I really don't think you can compare. > I would agree with a more conciliatory tone, were it not for the fact > that Mike Chambers comments and legal reference are totally unfounded. > It is clear he is not versed in the law on this subject, and I doubt > he has contacted internal MM counsel on his references and statement. > By making wrong statements here that dampen enthusiasm or create fear, > whether purposefully or not, he is engaging in Macromedia FUD. For what purpose? I really don't think Mike is intentionally trying to spread FUD. As I said already, if anything I suspect he's just trying to help us see where the boundaries are. Nothing Mike has said has dampened enthusiasm or created fear .. it's just brought certain considerations that have thus far been swept under the carpet into the forefront of everybody's mind. > Personally, I dont think this can be stood for. I think people, and > companies, should stand up for what they believe in and play it > totally straight. Mr Chambers is either not playing it straight, or he > is not fully knowledgeable. Either way, it is problematic for people > who are primarily technical on this list and are perhaps more > succeptible to the big bad wolf warning them to hear such uninformed > messages. I do understand where you are coming from, really I do. However I do think you are perhaps reading too much into it. It would serve no purpose to embrace osflash with one hand, and slap it with the other. Hence I don't think there is any underlying motive. Still, it's good to hear your opinion :) - IE _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
