I also know of a company that has already rolled out FP9 to all of their desktops. I am not sure of the exact number, but I think its in the neighborhood of 60,000 to 80,000 machines. Very cool indeed.
Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "David Mendels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Two more data points: > > a) One from JD: > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/10/apple_updates_f.cfm > > Not everyone cares about the Mac, but for those who do, it is nice to > know that Apple is pushing FP9 out to all their customers > > b) I can't give the name, but I was speaking with one of the largest > manufacturers in North America recently. They are doing a lot of > internal applications with Flex 2 and decided to push out Flash Player 9 > to all 100,000+ desktop machines in their company worldwide. This is > great news for Flash Player 9 in its first 90 days on the market. It is > just one data point, but this is the earliest I have ever seen that > behaviour. > > -David > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Clint Modien > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:06 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Stats on flash player 9 penetration. > > > Thanks guys... I'll relay this info to my client. Should help them > choose to go with flex 2. > > > On 10/1/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Some very popular sites require Player 9 because it was the > earliest release with some security fixes. Those fixes are in older > versions that will be coming out soon (or may have already come out). > As in, there will be newer versions of Player 8 and Player 7 with those > fixes I think. > > > > Matt > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <http://ups.com/> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <http://ups.com/> ] On Behalf Of > Clint Modien > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:42 AM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <http://ups.com/> > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Stats on flash player 9 penetration. > > > > > > > > Thanks Matt. > > > > I'm totally confused now. Isn't the only thing requiring a > player upgrade to 9.0 flex 2? Without auto-update turned on what is > causing such a blazing fast adoption rate? > > > > > > > > On 9/30/06, Matt Chotin < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Actually I'm not sure we've turned on auto-update yet. But the > downloads have been high without it. We're still figuring out the > timing of auto-update. > > > > Matt > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <http://ups.com/> [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ups.com > <http://ups.com/> ] On Behalf Of John Dowdell > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <http://ups.com/> > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Stats on flash player 9 penetration. > > > > Clint Modien wrote: > > Do we have stats for flash player 9 penetration yet? > > Has Adobe turned on the auto-update for flash 9 player yet? If > not... when? > > Do we have stats for when Adobe turned on auto-update for > flash 8 > > player? What was the adoption rate before and after it was > turned on? > > Adobe Flash Player 9 entered general public distribution at the > end of June: > > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archives/2006/06/a_pocket_guide.cfm > > It did not fall within the most recent consumer audit: > > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archives/2006/08/flash_player_8_1.cfm > > The daily rate of successful installations indicates that we're > likely > close to an astounding 50% consumer viewability already: > http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=498 > > I don't know the auto-update date offhand, but it has > contributed to the > above results. > > FP9 adoption is freakin' fast, that's the long and short of it. > ;-) > > jd > > -- > John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA > Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd > Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna > Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
