Good to hear this.
I think labeling it as an Open movement erases some reservations I had last
week about diving into WDDX without many people supporting it. Great timing
!
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:33 PM
Subject: WDDX.org is now OpenWDDX.org
> Effective today, Macromedia has formally transitioned responsibility for
the
> Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX) Web site to a third party. All
> information that has been posted to the WDDX Web site, wddx.org, can now
be
> found at http://www.openwddx.org.
>
> WDDX is an XML-based technology that enables the exchange of complex data
> between applications, creating what some refer to as 'Web syndicate
> networks' and enabling Web Services. Allaire created WDDX in order to
solve
> key problems in exchanging data between Web applications. In particular,
> Simeon Simeonov, Allaire's chief architect, created WDDX to support
problems
> of distributed computing within ColdFusion. This work was generalized into
a
> cross-language framework, and resulted in the creation of the WDDX SDK and
> WDDX.org. Nate Weiss, an independent Web developer, with the support of
> Allaire and a number of other third parties, created the WDDX SDK.
>
> Transferring responsibility for this Web site is consistent with our
overall
> goal of supporting this technology within the public domain. As creator
of
> the technology, Allaire Corp. was at times perceived as the owner and
formal
> supporter of the technology, and that WDDX was a proprietary technology.
> The establishment of OpenWDDX.org is intended to rekindle enthusiasm and
> acceptance of WDDX in the developer community, and confirm its role as an
> independent and enabling technology.
>
> For more information, and a complete FAQ about the WDDX initiative, please
> visit http://www.openwddx.org.
>
> Best,
> -Sam
>
> Samuel Coe
> Sr. Manager, Developer Programs
> Macromedia, Inc.
> 617-219-2133
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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