So if someone (foolishly) bought the $1,000 flash remoting product they would be out of luck in terms of supporting AVM3 until some 3rd party makes a client side connector?
This is the first **HIGHLY** uncool thing I have heard about the Flex strategy. Hank On 10/19/05, David Mendels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > In Flex Builder 2, you can write AS only projects and connect to > anything you want :) > > In the Flex framework itself, Flex framework 2.0 will not support older > AMF. However, you can also always write your own extensions to the > framework and I am not aware of any reason you couldn't write a > connector for the older AMF. (I am not the expert here.) > > -David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of hank williams > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:17 AM > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Macromedia unveiling Flex > > 2andFlash9:communicationor cacophony ? > > > > David, > > > > I just have one question. Will the flex 2 client side tools > > allow me to connect to the old AMF servers. The docs *seem* > > to say no. If this is not your intent and if this is wrong, I > > apologize for any confusion I may have added to the situatuion. > > > > Thanks > > Hank > > > > On 10/19/05, David Mendels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This is a misunderstanding. Flex Enterprise Services > > includes the new > > > AMF gateway but I am sure the folks building OpenAMF or > > RubyAMF or etc > > > etc will at some point implement the new version. We have nothing > > > really against the open source projects. We are adding a lot of > > > functionality, performance, manageability to Flex > > Enterprise Services > > > and hope that will be valuable to people. But we aren't trying to > > > "kill" anything. The Open Source community may well compete with > > > Macromedia in some areas, but much more important we want a rich > > > ecosystem with a lot of tools that solve a lot of different > > needs from > > > a lot of different people and companies to make the Flash Platform > > > successful for more people. I hope instead of us focusing > > on "killing" > > > open source, or the open source community focusing on "killing" > > > Macromedia, both can look at how we all can add value to to the > > > community and leverage and extend each others work. > > > > > > Regards, > > > David > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of hank > > > > williams > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:07 AM > > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Macromedia unveiling Flex > > > > 2andFlash9 :communicationor cacophony ? > > > > > > > > Well, paraphrasing from the manual. > > > > > > > > "AMF requires flex enterprise services". > > > > > > > > I have read the docs for this section pretty thoroughly for this > > > > section and it definitely says this. > > > > > > > > Now, obviously, the old AMF client side code can be > > ported to AS3, > > > > but MM has no intent of making it easy or giving it away. > > They make > > > > absolutely clear in the doc that AMF requires flex enterprise > > > > services. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Hank. > > > > > > > > On 10/19/05, Martin Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > (except for the fact that they seem to be trying to kill > > > > > > open source remoting... damn cant they just compete on > > > > > > features!) > > > > > > > > > > Hank, i really dont think this is true. > > > > > > > > > > if you check the new docs you'll see that AMF is still > > in the new > > > > > player, BUT there is a new version of AMF (AMF3) which contains > > > > > improvements to the protocol. > > > > > > > > > > and like the old and new VM, the two AMF protocols can > > > > exist happily > > > > > side by side in the the new player. > > > > > > > > > > thats how it seems to me anyway. > > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > martin > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
