I came across some more misinformation and decided to keep a document of rebuttals and other info to refer back to when attempting to educate people. I've posted it here, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UYbS1t6FInwqC1luYceYLzXDnQJe3L0DSQFi7KlIa5g/edit?usp=docslist_api
I'm trying to keep it unbiased. I need to add a pro's and con's section to it. Feel free to use it and add to it (contact me for edit permissions). On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Stephane Beladaci <adobeflexengin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This is not an official Adobe answer as I am not and have never been on > > the player team, plus Adobe has a policy of not releasing staffing > > numbers. > > > Noted, and agreed... that is why I am getting those number using other > methods :) > > > > Nick may have been right at one point in time when there was no > > Adobe AIR and the Player only had to work on Mac and Windows without > GPUs, > > but OTOH, I am pretty sure that re-creating the Adobe runtimes from > > scratch today would be a significant effort as the number of devices, > > operating system versions, GPUs and other platform differences would make > > hardware abstraction a huge task. > > > At this point I am not trying to define whether it is going to be easy task > or not, the harder I am told it will be, the more motivated I am to find a > way :) At this point what I am trying to define is > > 1/ how much we can reuse from what has been made open source over the years > 2/ what are the vital IP we will need to get from third parties and who are > those parties > 3/ how much will need to be engineered on top of 1 and 2 to get a viable > player running AS3 modern RIA on desktop browsers and mobile browsers. > > > > > > IMO, that was a goal of the Open Screen > > Project: to get the hardware and os vendors to take on the abstraction > > load. And I believe there are still terms-of-use issues around > > interpreting byte code on some of these platforms. > > > > Funny you mention OSP, Adobe has abandoned the trademarks and I acquired > the. ThePlayer will be supported by the Open Screen Project as part of the > Open Screen Foundation. The domain name will be openscreen.org. I am also > in the process of reaching out to every companies involved in the Adobe > effort, starting with all CEO featured in this video: > > Top CEOs Advocate for Adobe Flash > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CwI227m-hs> >
