It might be worth calling support and asking. According to [1]: Support contracts Adobe is fully committed to honoring support contracts for released versions of the Adobe Flex SDK and will continue to offer new support contracts for five years. Adobe does not have plans to provide support for Apache released versions of the Flex SDK. We anticipate that third parties will offer support for releases of Apache Flex.
-Alex [1] http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/whitepapers/roadmap.html On 1/3/14 11:09 PM, "Stephane Beladaci" <adobeflexengin...@gmail.com> wrote: >Sorry my last email and the horribly broken English, I was on Caltrain >writing wit my phone and swap gesture lol. This is the contract I usually >ask my client to get, and there is no Flex anymore, only Flash Builder and >AIR. There used to be Flex SDK included. That is probably what Disney >referred to, as they were using AIR with Flex, not straight AS3. >http://www.adobe.com/devnet/aedp.html > >On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Stephane Beladaci < >adobeflexengin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was told Disney Interactive os dropping AIR because Adobe ruled >>support >> to community basis, I checked the enterprise support program on Adobe >> website and saw AIR but not Flex. I answered my contact bringing good >> attention on it but the conversation went cold. I assumed it meant Flex >> since I could not find it on the enterprise support program. If you >>email >> privately I will be happy to give you my contact name and email. >> On Jan 3, 2014 6:45 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> >>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> > Which remind me of anothet concern I have: support. I should probably >>> send >>> > a separate email with a new title to create a new conversation, I >>>will >>> > after searching previous conversation first. But just as an example, >>> Disney >>> > Interactive in Palo Alto recently told me that they abandon AIR >>>because >>> > Flex support was now community based. >>> >>> No idea why they would think that. Adobe still offer paid support for >>> Flex and AIR (as far as I'm aware) - and there are still companies that >>> offer commercial support for Flex and AIR. >>> >>> And here's a short list of what community support have given Apache >>>Flex: >>> - Released versions 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 4.12 is likely to be in a >>> month or two. >>> - Wider Flash Player and AIR version support including support for >>>Linux >>> - New spark components >>> - New mobile dpi skins >>> - There's been over 1000 resolved JIRA issues since the donation to >>> Apache, including "old" bugs Adobe had marked they wouldn't fix or fix >>> later. >>> - Significant speed and memory GC improvements. >>> - Close to 20,000 installs of the SDK via the installer in the last 5 >>> months. >>> - Work on JS version of the Flex SDK progressing nicely. >>> >>> And probably lots I've missed out on in that list, but community >>>support >>> is more a reason to use Apache Flex rather than not use it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Justin >> >>
