Adobe efforts in the area of gaming and video will benefit also flex targets: perfomance improvements, memory consumption, support for workers all of this will benefit also enterprise software.
2012/2/5 Nicholas Kwiatkowski <nicho...@spoon.as>: > Even then, I doubt we will ever see the Flash Player Open-Sourced. Adobe > depends on a LOT of 3rd party licensed code in the FP, all of which would > not be available should the technology become open. An open-source FP > would be the same FP we see today. > > We have our limitations, and we know what they are at the moment. The only > hope we really have is that if we have a certain feature that > we ABSOLUTELY NEED in order to go forward, that we can get Adobe's ear and > convince them to implement it. I don't have any high hopes of that > happening, sort of something that ends up being a short-stopper for one of > Adobe's other goals -- they have stated a few times that their > concentration for the FP is gaming and marketing, not enterprise... > > -Nick > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Stephane Beladaci < > adobeflexengin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We will only see the Flash Player being open sourced if Google buy >> Adobe, otherwise Adobe will rather kill it than letting competition >> benefit from it. >> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:05 AM, JP Bader <j...@zavteq.com> wrote: >> > Jeffry's correct. Adobe is in the business to make money. They make >> > great tools because those tools sell and make money. The Flashplayer >> > is one of the most ubiquitous platforms for distributing content >> > created via the tools that Adobe makes and sells, so they have no >> > incentive to give the FP away. FP is arguably one of the best >> > delivery mechanisms for almost any content, with some of the best DRM >> > and license management for almost any media. Yesterday's Spoon calls >> > discussed this and Adobe's focus on Video (streaming and gaming). >> > Adobe has no incentive to give away FP's source code. It makes money >> > for them. Flex, in the grand scheme of Adobe's wallet, never made >> > much of a dent. For a $4 billion company, if a product doesn't make >> > more than $100million a year, it isn't going to be done. Flex never >> > even came close to that, so it is going to Apache (and off of Adobe's >> > expense sheet). We'll never know the exact break down of Adobe's >> > revenue sources for sure, but FP contributes heavily to the bottom >> > line. Flex to Apache is a business decision. >> > >> > TL;DR Adobe won't give away FP's source code for myriad reasons. >> > >> > Just my $.02 summed up too quickly >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Jeffry Houser <jef...@dot-com-it.com> >> wrote: >> >> On 2/3/2012 9:54 AM, FRANKLIN GARZON wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Well, Adobe put alot of efforts into html5, however if they open flash >> >>> will be a risk if the comunity will grown flash vm, but if Adobe see >> that >> >>> Flex grown more quickly in the hands from the community, I think they >> will >> >>> also put efforts to extend flash. What do you say? >> >> >> >> If Adobe doesn't have a way to make money off Flex (or Flash for that >> >> matter) it doesn't matter how much growth or success the community has. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jeffry Houser >> >> Technical Entrepreneur >> >> 203-379-0773 >> >> -- >> >> http://www.flextras.com?c=104 >> >> UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! >> >> -- >> >> http://www.theflexshow.com >> >> http://www.jeffryhouser.com >> >> http://www.asktheflexpert.com >> >> -- >> >> Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > JP Bader >> > Principal >> > Zavteq, Inc. >> > @lordB8r | j...@zavteq.com >> > 608.692.2468 >>
