I think Adobe is doing very well working on Flash Platform, even bullied by Apple all the way down here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/release-note/fp_16_air_16_release_notes.html The problem however, there are not enough applications based on Flash Platform can convince the majority that this is or there is something HTML/JS will never be able to do or catch up, or the majority just will never understand. Just follow your instinct, it is a free world in here. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Carlos Velasco < carlos.velasco.bla...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I was trying to point is: Flash Player is not an Adobe's bussiness > core tool right now, and depending absolutely from a company which is not > investing hard on it is the way to certain death, maybe not today, not > tomorrow, let's see in a couple of years. > > Open sourcing the player is their decission, nothing that the community has > right to complain about, nothing at hand to force them to do so... > > But we all know the product is gold... > > Then come on, the only way to maintain and gain market is to leave Adobe > dependencies, have a strong support on IDEs, SDK and VMs, and returning > back to the market as a new and powerful independent product brand. > > The questions are: Is there enough people standing for the product to > maintain such a huge technology? Will they do it for free? Are there ways > to ensure the product development costs? > > 2015-02-25 14:06 GMT-03:00 Gary Yang <flashflex...@gmail.com>: > > > 1) System like Flash can't be done by opensource community, and every > > system comes to this complex, will have the same problem, HTML/JavaScript > > do much worse, because they have more debt to pay off, for example, > > websites made in 1999. > > 2) Every big bully wants to have there own environment, developers, so > that > > that can direct the market, especially Apple who owns both hardware and > > software is already doing so with iOS. > > 3) Developers all can talk, even they don't know what they are talking > > about, so don't listen to all of them, take a look at their work first! > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:32 AM, Stephane Beladaci < > > adobeflexengin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Angelo Anolin < > angelo.ano...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > With most enterprise (MS on .NET, Google on Angular, Facebook on > > React), > > > I > > > > think it should just follow that Adobe perhaps start the process of > > > having > > > > Flash open sourced so that all possible enhancements and security > > patches > > > > it needs can be performed by a community that believes in its > > > capabilities > > > > - in media and enterprise. > > > > > > I think that is precisely what Adobe has been trying to do, the > > > company is just incapable to communicate. It is also a flat corporate > > > structure with what I often call a Stars War syndrom, bright and dark > > > side of the force fighting from within. The last one who talks is > > > right. Cells of people are free to do or not do what they feel is > > > right or not, with no leadership or vision passed the VP. We still > > > have friends in the company, and the company has shown his willingness > > > to give us what we need to do what they fail. I believe the executive > > > branch knowns very well that we can face and counter Apple, Adobe > > > cannot. Adobe is making its money with the people who carry Apple's > > > water, the worse enemies of Flash. We can say what Adobe cannot, we do > > > not face the risk to see out customer based turn against us and take > > > the company down. > > > > > > Sadly the community has been too busy self bashing and self > > > destructing, feeling too defranchized to see the opportunity, and > > > walking away from anything Adobe without seeing the gold mine it is > > > handing over to us. Things start to change now tho, it is the right > > > time to rurn this around. > > > > > > > Funny as a moment ago, I was just watching some video about > Facebook's > > > > React framework and their mantra was - "Learn Once, Write Anywhere". > > > Wasn't > > > > this already the option offered by Flex/AS3 even before the boom of > > > > fragmented devices/OS? The only thing that separates with this native > > > > frameworks is that Flex/AS3 requires a closed Adobe plugin, whilst > the > > JS > > > > frameworks are open, but still dependent on what the browser could > > offer > > > in > > > > terms of compatibility and implementation. > > > > > > That takes us back to my previous email in response to Carlos. You are > > > right, and it is because JS is wide open and lose that Facebook failed > > > a multi million dollars, multi years project codename Spartan with > > > which it tried to take on Apple AppStore using HTML5. I told in 2010 > > > Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, and half a dozen of the first 30 > > > engineers who started the company that HTML5 will fail them. It did, > > > to such a point that it failed their entry to mobile, which by > > > extension failed their IPO. Someone is laughing all the way to Hell > > > Bank. > > > > > > > Nonetheless, I still believe and this will hold true that Flex is the > > > best > > > > platform to build enterprise, business-level application. 95% of > > > businesses > > > > won't care what technology stack an application was build, nor the > > > platform > > > > it is being delivered. If it performs the functionality desired and > > > solves > > > > real world business problems, then they are more likely to approve of > > > that > > > > project. > > > > > > > I hope this project pushes through - to bring a new breathe of life > for > > > > Flex app development. The functionality offered by Flex out of the > box > > is > > > > simply too good to be left out for consideration in the realms of > > > > enterprise software development. > > > > > > Thank you, I needed to read that. > > > > > > -Stephane > > > > > >
