Mabe we should especially point out that now evolution of flex is no longer limited by politics of a company.
There were things, that were really annoying: - No Flex FDKs in public Maven repos due to licensing stuff (Even if the player stuff still needs to be referenced ... @Alex ... you mentioned some internal discussions at Adobe about this ... any changes you'd like to share?) - BlazeDS not supporting NIO directly (Probably because this would have ruined a lot of business done with the ColdFusion Server) - Bugs not being fixed for a really long time (Now at least I could start fixing and have it out of the FDK right away) Those were at least the things that annoyed me most ;-) Chris -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. November 2012 10:15 An: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Betreff: Promoting Apache Flex Hello all, Now the Installer is released, and with graduation (maybe ;-)) right around the corner, I think it's time to start thinking about how we are going to promote Apache Flex to "the rest of the world". After the bad press surrounding the donation of Flex by Adobe at the start of this year and the relative quiet after that while we were all working to get the project into shape, the time has come to let everyone know that Flex is here to stay and get even better! How are we going to do this? I think we should use the time tested strategy of 'shouting from the rooftops'. We need to make a lot of noise, letting everyone know we're still here, alive and kicking. Those that should do the shouting include, but should not be limited to: - Spoon - Apache Flex blog - Twitter - Adobe forums - Adobe blogs - Flash Builder Welcome page - Facebook - LinkedIn - Mailing lists - User Groups - 'Old school' Press - ... The message should focus on the continuing availability and development of the framework and it's tools, as well as the greatly improved means of distributing current and new releases: the Apache Flex SDK Installer. Also, the badge that goes with the Installer [1] provides an easy way for bloggers/tweeters/posters to add a link to the Installer to their communications. Now: what do you think? And, maybe even more important: how can YOU contribute? Have fun! EdB 1: http://incubator.apache.org/flex/utilities.html#installerBadge -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
