Huh? Did gmail mess up the threading on this or something? On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Robert Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> To answer your question on the lack of support, you may want to read this > article as a reason why Adobe is competing against Apple so aggressively, > http://counternotions.com/2007/11/15/apple-runtime-answer-2/ > > This year I made the change to a MacPro "8-core Tower of Power" as they > call it, and it's been the best decision I've made. > > I'm still interested in 64-bit Vista, but it's secondary to MacPro OS X, > and I also hope Papervision3D goes out on it's own and creates a Plug-in of > it's own at this critical time of change. > > Right now there's a large leap in graphics occurring and the group of > developers at Papervision3D seem like some really smart guys. They should > do their own thing, support Adobe if they want, that's cool, but don't > lap-dog them......all Papervision3D needs to do now is integrate with IT > models like that which you just spoke of like ColdFusion, etc., but > ultimately SOAP or simple RESTful XML protocols. > > I started out on a Mac for the papers in college, but on Sparc Stations for > more serious development. > > I absolutely love Mac OS X. > > I followed ColdFusion before it was purchased, it was ahead of it's > time...good product. I'd recommend you use whatever you know best and keep > XML as the data model, by W3C standards, and look for ways to convince > Papervision3D and perhaps NVIDIA to lead to way for graphics providers to > promote a new type of plug-in. > > The IT model should be separated. AJAX + a high performance > "Papervision3D" plug-in that can serve it's purpose. I'm already looking > into contributing something of this sort to OpenLaszlo.org, because if you > become a developer, your contribution can be used by all, and you can use > all contributions. > > If I were you, I would contact AAdobe support and ask why, regarding your > ColdFusion question, and if there is no planned support, document it and > save it for future reference. > > I believe all developers should be very careful in their choices of > vendors. I've made many mistakes myself in this area, but despite how I'm > viewed by a few people on this list, my intentions are good. Things are > changing. > > Check out this excellent and far superior replacement for the Flex Builder > IDE, called FTD 3.0, > > http://fdt.powerflasher.com/ > > I don't plan on spending another dime on any Adobe software. SWF is an > open format. The FLEX SDK is open source. > > Papervision3D team is far superior to anyone at Adobe. > > -r > > On Aug 30, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Alan wrote: > > > So...... > I'm all excited about integrating Flex and Coldfusion, only to find out > there are features that don't exist on the mac. > > So far I've found.... > > > - Flex / Coldfusion Project set up is not supported > - Coldfusion query builder > > > > For the love of God why? > > > Alan > > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
