to consider Flex as a viable RIA/Enterprise solution.
The main problem/resistance we are finding is from our
clients/customers opposing I.T architects who either get upset if we
suggest Flex as a solution, or say they never heard of Flex and want
an "Ajax" solution instead.
I think its partly Flash's "animation" legacy + ignorance/lack of
awareness of Flex and the Flash Platform.
So I wonder if maybe the "Flash Platform" needs a reboot/rebranding
e.g. a new runtime without legacy code (but obviously Flash Player 9
will still be around for legacy stuff) and a new name :). I mean
Microsoft are essentially doing this through WPF/E.
Also I think for the Flash Platform to be a true platform, it really
needs a platform XML dialect for UIs - which is what XAML is for WPF
and WPF/E. Would be great to able to export content created in Flash
Authoring in some form of XML UI dialect and use it in the Flex
Framework, Apollo, Flashlite etc.
Just my 2c, have really enjoyed learning Flex 2, guys (Java and .NET
developers) at work were impressed, but definitely agree that Ajax is
getting alot of hype and it seems to be working e.g. our customers
are talking about Ajax but not about Flex or Flash.
I hope when Flex 2 goes live, there's a big marketing campaign + lots
of real world stories of Flex being used in RIAs, Web 2.0 Apps and
Internal Enterprise Applications so that our customers can see its a
viable option.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jwc_wensan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> To all:
>
> Got this email today, http://ajax.sys-con.com/ and it got me to
> thinking.
>
> I may get blasted for this, but here goes . . . just my .0199 cents.
>
> Let me first say I believe 100% that the Flex platform is a
> better "mousetrap". I am currently developing applications with
> Flex. I prefer Flex.
>
> However, you can not open a software magazine, newsletter, journal,
> article, etc. that doesn't reference something about AJAX. It's
> everywhere. Adobe's Flex gets an "honorable mention".
>
> I have been in the software business for over 27 years. I have
seen
> many companies come and go that had a better "mousetrap". I also
> realize that most end users do not care if a desktop app is
> developed with Visual C++ or Visual Basic. So why would they care
> what a RIA app is developed with. Probably not.
>
> In the end it is the application not the engine.
>
> There seems to be a parallel between PCs with Windows and
> Apple/Macs. Many believe that the Mac is better, but Apple/Mac has
> less the 5% of the market.
>
> Can Adobe accept 5% market share?
>
> You also can not under estimate the impact when Microsoft releases
> Atlas. And no Robert I don't want to hear about how you hate MS or
> the evil empire. Fact is, tens of thousands of developers will and
> I say will use their product.
>
> What this also does is make it more difficult for developers to
> convince management that the Flex product is better. Especially
> when all they hear is AJAX this and AJAX that.
>
> AJAX is getting all the hype. Right or wrong these are the facts.
> They have essentially taken over the RIA landscape and claimed it
as
> their own.
>
> My point . . . . Adobe you need to step up to the plate. If you
> think you can wait, then by the time you start you will be too far
> behind. You will be left behind always playing catch-up. If
> you want to reach that 1 million developer goal, it needs to start
> now.
>
> To be better and say you are better is not enough. If the industry
> has already declared AJAX as the RIA industry leader then it
becomes
> too late.
>
> From a market perception, look how AJAX has evolved in the last
> year. Compare that to Adobe Flex. Adobe you are asking developers
> to make a commitment to you, well I think you need to increase your
> commitment to us.
>
> Now is the time to promote to the industry and the general public
as
> a whole about the value of Flex.
>
> Again, just my opinion.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jack
>
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