Sure Adobe efforts will benefit Flex enterprise targets, but community has to wait and see for such Adobe releases just as we are waiting to see FP supporting multi-threading etc.
2012/2/5 Jarosław Szczepankiewicz <jszczepankiew...@gmail.com> > 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 > >> > -- Thanks, Amit Goel
