I have an historical note about Apple and Adobe. Adobe would not exist without Apple and the generous $1,000 Postscript license fee for every LaserWriter that Apple paid Adobe in the mid-1980s.
Adobe was originally a Mac shop. Adobe switched to a Windows shop in the early 1990s. I think we can trace the break to that era. I've heard that Bill Gates didn't like Adobe either and you could never give him a PDF.... Of course it is ancient history now ... it is so 20th century. On Feb 11, 2015, at 7:43 AM, f...@dfguy.us wrote: > Good stuff, yes all of us who actually knew flex and action script knew all > the claims in the thoughts letter weren't actually true at the time. Lies! :) > I did not know however that iPhone use the QuickTime plugin! Ha! Also, more > security risks in Firefox, chrome and IE, and OSX than Flash, that's > surprising. > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Fréderic Cox" <coxfrede...@gmail.com> > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: "The Player", a case for an independent Flash Player > > That is a great document Jude > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 3:54 AM, jude <flexcapaci...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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> >>> >>
