Hi, It's about 2 o'clock in the morning here in Portugal and I just went through the last of today's (yesterday's?) posts on the mailing list and I must confess that having gone through them all in a short period of time it does look like we're trying really hard to find ways this project could or should fail.
Don't get me wrong, I love things being discussed in the list (The current discussion around the component model is a bliss to read), but there's a lot of other stuff that seems to raise more barriers than to actually find the energy to move forward. Come on guys! This is our project now! We'll make it whatever we want it to be. There's no need to dig up old ghosts and try to reason out some things that are unreasonable, largely by nature. And we need a lot of momentum, we can't afford to wander off and spend time and energy on incidental facts. The world is looking at us right now! They're anxious to see what comes out of here and we're charged with the gigantic task of keep this behemoth called Flex alive and make it even better so that it can survive in a changing world. I'll take this chance to make a statement of intent: I will not engage nor answer to threads that basically deal with things that have no real influence on the immediate future of Flex and how we can bring that to fruition. My time is too precious and instead of doing that I'll try to find ways to fix and improve this awesome applications development framework (any mention to RIA, Web or any other specification intentionally left out)! I'm here to stay and I'll dedicate as much of me as I can spare to help out the Flex community. If I may so bold to do so, I'd ask everyone to recheck their commitment to the project and decide if and how they wish to be here too. Sorry if I'm sounding a bit dramatical, but I sincerely think that right now, we're the biggest menace to Flex's survival. Fortunately we're it greatest hope too, so let's make that happen. Alex and Carol, not to put more pressure on the amazing effort you guys are already doing, but we really need that code and JIRA ported as soon as humanly possible. I have complete faith that you will do your absolute best. Cheers, Rui
