On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Saul DIaz <cripito...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/adobe-abandons-linux/10418 > > They already abandoned linux so is not really fully cross platform anymore > and there is barely any mention of linux in the roadmap :D > Misleading title for the article. FTA, Adobe has worked with Google to support Pepper Plugin API which brings Flash Player to Linux [1] As for AIR, Apache Flex 4.12 still supports AIR 2.6. So, there is nothing preventing anyone from building AIR apps for Linux today. Thanks, Om [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/chromium#Adobe_Flash_Player_.28Pepper_plugin_API.29 > > I can't wait to flexjs to catch up. > > They are throwing heavy support behind phonegap (was expected) > > saul > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Burrows [mailto:subscripti...@leeburrows.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:02 PM > To: users@flex.apache.org > Subject: Re: Ahhh Adobe... > > We're about half way through adobes promise to support flash player and air > for 5 years - so abandonment shouldnt be a problem for a while yet (fingers > crossed). > > On 27/03/2014 18:24, Steve Lewis wrote: > > Unless I'm missing something here or this is all "read between the lines" > > chatter, where does Adobe indicate/imply they will not continue to > > support AIR? We all knew PhoneGap was going to be part of their > > future in some capacity. I don't think it necessarily means they are > going > to abandon AIR. > > > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alain Ekambi [mailto:jazzmatad...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:45 PM > > To: users@flex.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Ahhh Adobe... > > > > @Cadu > > > > There is this illusion that HTML/CSS/JS is "easy" to do. > > But as requirements change, the codebase grows and the team becomes > > bigger then you start seeing the pain of pure JS development. > > > > I m mainting a 5 years old web application. > > I wish HTML/CSS/JS was easy to do. > > > > Things like "I want to find where this method is getting called" > > becomes almost impossible to do. > > I mean there is a reason why the best companies when it comes to web > > based development (Google, Microsoft,etc,,) are cross compiling to JS > > (GWT, DART, TypeScript, Sharkpit) or have some tools of top of > > it(Closure Compiler) > > > > > > The problem is that at most company people making decisions have never > > wrote a single line of code. > > > > Atleast Adobe should have supported both platforms and give people the > > choice. > > They have the money for that. > > > > Back in the days I was so exited to follow Adobe Evangelists(Blog, > > Twitter, etc) Always something to learn. > > You could feel the excitement about what they do. > > > > Today they post picutures of Cooking, Football , stuff like that. > > > > Dont get me wrong. > > It s their free time. > > They can do whatever they want. > > > > But it s sad. > > > > > > > -- > Lee Burrows > ActionScripter > > >
