Adobe Connect.[1] It very clearly leverages Flash as you suggest. In many of the same ways. Some are switching to that from GotoMeeting.
Apache OpenMeetings[2] is in the incubator. [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html [2] http://incubator.apache.org/openmeetings/ On Jan 28, 2012, at 1:05 PM, jude wrote: > The Flash Player is unique in that it creates markets. When Adobe or > Macromedia added webcam support all of a sudden video chat applications are > possible, QR code readers are made possible, augmented reality is made > possible, face recognition is made possible, motion tracking is made > possible, etc. (add "on a mass scale" to all of these things.) > > When they added microphone support speech to text is made possible, podcast > applications are made possible, voip are made possible, live digital audio > software is made possible. > > When they added video decoding support movies and television content were > made possible. > > At each of these points in time Adobe had a potential opportunity. Think of > all the businesses that exist because of these features. Theoretically > speaking they could have made a Skype (and still can), they could and can > make a Google Voice, they could and can make an iTunes. They could and did > make a GoToMeeting but that's another story. But I *wouldn't* recommend > them doing these things (not if it means laying off other teams). They are > great at tooling and I think they should focus on that but there is a way > for them to benefit from all of these innovations. > > If I was trying to make Flash profitable I would have someone on the Flash > Player and Flex SDK feature releases and forums and watch for and promote > new projects using their new features. Then I'd invest in those developers > and companies and do everything I can to make them successful. As the > developers and companies are successful, Adobe would be successful too. > They'd also have a continual insight into the features and needs for their > design and developer tools. Alex, I'll available immediately for this > position ;) > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Roland Zwaga [mailto:rol...@stackandheap.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:33 AM >>> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: [OT] Atlassian >>> >>> Hi Alex, >>> >>> So I'm trying to understand >>> where >>> this disconnect between Adobe and its enterprise >>> customers stemmed from, when Atlassian is a great example of a company >>> who >>> IS able to make money in that area. >>> Like I said before, I'm not attacking/bashing Adobe, I'm just trying to >>> understand where things went wrong. >>> >> I'm not involved in the business part of Adobe, but again, Atlassian can >> get money from each employee at an enterprise customer. The Flash Platform >> only gets money from each developer at an enterprise customer. >> >> Frameworks are expensive and many very successful ones like JQuery are >> 'free' and developed in the open. Adobe is trying to best serve its Flex >> customers by following the same model. >> >> The 'disconnect' was in the execution of the announcement of these >> changes, as has been discussed. >> >> Alex Harui >> Flex SDK Developer >> Adobe Systems Inc. >> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui >> >> >>
