Yeah I agree, competition is good. People start comparing the alternatives and there will be more pressure to become better. Somebody here already pointed out there are features on riaforge that are also on the todolist of osflash and I guess we can expect to see improvements on osflash soon(er) this way. Also, Adobe offers Flex 2 for free and it makes alot of sense to offer their users/customers a place for open source applications that they can trust. Adobe has alot of money and can ensure code is online at all time, has fast svn connections etc but how is that with osflash? What if the servers are hacked and all data is lost, are there any backup systems etc? I don't know the details about that for osflash or riaforge, and I don't want to create any fud but these are the kind of things that play a role when deciding what service to choose for. Riaforge doesn't have all the developers osflash has (and probably never will) so maybe it would have been better for Adobe to offer osflash their servers and bandwidth and let the community figure it out. Because now they might be able to offer better services (hosting/hardware etc) but they don't have the community's support..
Thijs Op 19-okt-2006, om 18:12 heeft Sönke Rohde het volgende geschreven: > My 2 cents: > > Even if RIAForge is a competitor of OSFlash (it is surely not from > my point > of view) it would be good news. Competition, also in non-profit/ > open source > sector, is always a good thing. > > Image the Flash evolution with a more serious competitor as e.g. > Livemotion. > Not to harm the Flash evolution but without competition things get > lazy. I > felt the evolution of the Flash Platform has really become faster > as the > Sparkle (Flash Killer) news came up. Perhaps there would not > already be > Flash Player 9 Linux beta if Vista release would be 2008. > > Sönke > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Chambers >> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:31 PM >> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [osflash] RIAForge >> >> Im going to call bullshit on that. >> >> We have been very supportive of OSFlash, mentioning it in articles, >> numerous keynotes, and contributing projects to it. >> >> Look, this isnt some big conspiracy. Some people wanted to setup a >> site that could host projects revolving around multiple Adobe >> prodcuts and technologies (not just Flash). Did they screw up by not >> pinging Aral and other OSFLash people first to give them a heads up? >> Yes. But that doesn't mean we are out to kill OSFlash. >> >> Sorry for the rant, but this is completely ridiculous. I realize it >> is fun to play the "us verses the big bad corporation card", but >> sometimes it is really just a stretch. >> >> mike chambers >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On Oct 19, 2006, at 5:06 AM, Martin Heidegger wrote: >> >>> Question: Where is the point in putting efforts into a open source >>> platform if the platform distributor does not pay value/attention >>> to what they already do? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
