I agree with Mike. Users don't understand how things are built, they just understand that they work and that is what is important.
I think the old adage, "If it ain't broke.. don't fix it" comes to mind here in this discussion as well. Flex and AIR either work for your development pipeline or they do not. Currently both give you desktop, web, iOS, Android, and BlackBerry cross platform app propagation in one language. That's a tall order for any other language to fill and the 'hacks' employed just to get other languages to work correctly between different browsers are endless. On a technology side note, since someone brought this up earlier, about the nature of our work as programmers and how it constantly changes. I love and hate that technology moves forward so quickly every year. As an individual I could push myself to learn every new language, library, tool, and IDE imaginable. But for an organization, that's developing applications using a language, a constant switch from one language to another would be expensive, and that's putting it lightly. And again, from a user standpoint, they only want to -do- something, they don't concern themselves with how it was built. Use what works best for you and your organization. And now an analogy about technology. Imagine if an automotive mechanic had to throw out 90% of his tools every 2 or 3 years, purchase new ones, and learn how to use them just so he could work on cars. The trend in the 'hottest' and 'newest' web development languages seems to follow this pattern of throwing out 90% of what you had just so you can use the latest gizmos and gadgets. Small applications can be created doing this but I wouldn't want to build anything large and long term with a pipeline like that. The overhead costs would skyrocket and you can only 'hope' that people are still supporting what you used in the past. Otherwise it would be a complete app rewrite and there again, it becomes incredibly expensive. Thanks to all who are supporting Apache Flex, this is a great language and foundation and I'm glad that it's coming along as well as it is. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology If you put 10 people in a room and asked them to identify the platform on which their iPhone/iPad/Android app is based, 9 of them would ask "what in the cornbread hell are you talking about?". The 10th would use a bit stronger expletive. MLM From: Alain Ekambi <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 02/28/2013 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology @Lionel I cant disclose how we do it. And we def dont count every project in the world. But our numbers are very accurate. Dont get me wrong we love Flex as a technology( Even though we dont like ActionScript, but that s another story :) ) 95% of our customers simply wont use Flex on mobile. 2013/2/28 Lionel Pierre <[email protected]> > @Alain Ekambi -- Where do you get such numbers? Who contributes to them? > How do I make them count my projects? > > * > Lionel* > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Alain Ekambi <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Who uses which framework when and for what. > > > > > > 2013/2/28 Jeffry Houser <[email protected]> > > > > > On 2/28/2013 10:10 AM, Alain Ekambi wrote: > > > > > >> We run numbers every year. > > >> > > > > > > What numbers? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jeffry Houser > > > Technical Entrepreneur > > > 203-379-0773 > > > -- > > > http://www.flextras.com?c=104 > > > UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! > > > -- > > > http://www.theflexshow.com > > > http://www.jeffryhouser.com > > > http://www.asktheflexpert.com > > > -- > > > Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you.
