> We'll know we are truly on our way to success when we start hearing from > those folks again.
I agree with the first sentence : I also think current users of Apache Flex are related to "established Flex projects", that moved from Adobe to Apache. However, regarding the market of Flex consultant/contractors, I think most have left for good, that was probably a difficult decision for them to take, so they won't come back, for the most part. I think Flex has shifted from buzz / mass / trendy market (like HTML5 now) to niche market of passionate guys that truly believe Flex is superior (like Apple fans in the early days), or simply people/companies who has massively invested in Flex and can't afford moving to something else for financial reasons. So should we measure our success on our ability to recover the developers that left Flex, or in making happy the fewer ones that stayed with us? Besides, I think there also a new category of Flex developers that are attracted by development on mobile platforms, probably because it covers the main mobile platforms, and seems easier/more fun than e.g. writing native apps with XCode and Objective C. What do you think? Maurice -----Message d'origine----- De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 17:34 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: ApacheCon Slides While we should be proud of our install numbers, I think they may be more related to the transition from Adobe Flex to Apache Flex for folks with established Flex projects. There was a whole market of independent consultants/contractors who were making good money creating Flex apps for more than one client. I'm not sure they have recovered. We'll know we are truly on our way to success when we start hearing from those folks again. And if you independents are out there and have recovered or have ideas on how Apache Flex can better serve you, please let us know. -Alex On 3/25/14 1:19 AM, "piotrz" <piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >@Deepak MS Flex is so popular - I don't think so, maybe in US or China. >Here >in Poland I got serious difficulties to found proper job as a Flex >developer >2 months ago and had to move to another city because of that. >More over I got one talk with some of the global outsourcing company >and some recruiter called me after sending him my CV and she asked me - >"What is Flex?" :) I'm not the only one who has such difficulties, so >unfortunately in Poland flex is not so popular. > >Piotr > > > >----- >Apache Flex Committer >piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com >-- >View this message in context: >http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/ApacheCon-Slides-t >p36 >258p36299.html >Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
