On Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 8:33:46 PM, Jon wrote: JF> Chris, JF> Adobe does talk about general technology vision (e.g., the Apollo JF> version of combining PDF, Flash and HTML), but unfortunately we still JF> often hold back information about specific product releases.
Yes,I understand about the product-specific rule regarding pre-announcements. I was just congratulating you on providing a shaft of light into the gloom and speculation regarding the general technology vision. Please feel free to share more general technology vision, especially regarding XML and compound documents. JF> This is partly because we aren't always sure ourselves about what JF> features will ship with particular product releases until the very JF> end of the product cycle. I have seen many features, indeed some JF> products, yanked late in product cycles. Because of this, my JF> statement from earlier today might end us as the most complete JF> expression of Adobe's product plans with regard to SVG until JF> specific product announcements appear. JF> But one little bit of information I can share is that I have JF> verified what I expected and seems so obvious - Illustrator's plans JF> regarding SVG have not changed as a result of the acquisition. There JF> will be enhancements to its SVG support in its next release (but I JF> can't say which ones) and no SVG features will be dropped. Thanks, that is useful to know. Its what I would expect, but I am sure others might wonder if things would be pulled to focus on a different corporate vision regarding open vs proprietary formats. Statements such as the one you made will therefore be helpful for companies planning their product purchases for the year ahead. JF> Jon JF> -----Original Message----- JF> From: Chris Lilley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JF> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:58 AM JF> To: Jon Ferraiolo JF> Cc: [email protected] JF> Subject: Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe/Macromedia JF> On Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 4:41:05 PM, Jon wrote: JF>> At this point, Adobe has no plans to do anything which would disrupt JF> any JF>> ASV3 installations or dependencies on ASV3 downloads. If we come out JF>> with new viewing technology which includes SVG support, we will be JF>> highly sensitive towards the needs of SVG applications that are JF>> installed in the field today. I also want to say that Adobe's JF> primary JF>> attitude towards SVG is fully positive: it represents a market JF>> opportunity for our products and a technology opportunity when we JF> are JF>> looking for an XML representation of 2D graphics. Although the FAQ JF> only JF>> mentioned SVG on mobile devices, that was meant solely as a positive JF>> acknowledgement of SVG momentum in the mobile space and was *not* JF> meant JF>> to imply anything negative about SVG in the desktop space. JF> Thanks for the positive statement, Jon. Now that the merger is finalized JF> I'm sure the SVG developer community will be looking for authoritative JF> information on how Adobe positions itself wrt SVG; clear statements are JF> much better than a lack of information. -- Chris Lilley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
