Comments on: Breaking News! Flex Goes Open Source. http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Adobe Flex goes open source | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-493 » Adobe Flex goes open source | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com Tue, 22 May 2007 22:51:14 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-493 [...] PatrickTed Leung Josh Tynjala Robert Scoble (with video)James WardAndrew OliverMark Anders Sho KuwamotoEd BurnetteJay Fortner [...] [...] PatrickTed Leung Josh Tynjala Robert Scoble (with video)James WardAndrew OliverMark Anders Sho KuwamotoEd BurnetteJay Fortner [...]

]]> By: Deep Jive Interests » Adobe’s Flex: The Case for a Social Media News Room http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-492 Deep Jive Interests » Adobe’s Flex: The Case for a Social Media News Room Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:29:38 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-492 [...] about a man-on-the-street perspective from a long time Flash developer, over at [...] [...] about a man-on-the-street perspective from a long time Flash developer, over at [...]

]]> By: Dando la chapa » Flex goes Open Source! http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-491 Dando la chapa » Flex goes Open Source! Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:56:14 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-491 [...] Esto: Though the SWF specification has been somewhat open for some time, the opening of the Flex compiler will be a major new step that can only be good for the company and the community. We can build SWFs using ActionScript with Adobe tools right now, but in the future what’s to stop anyone from making Java or Python generate SWFs? That main SWF compiler will soon be available to anyone, and I would hope that a compiler expert could go nuts with this sort of thing. Look at Nicolas Cannasse’s haXe as an example of a similar, but still different, language already evolving around the SWF format. This source code will make building something like haXe a bit easier because smart compiler engineers have a reference implementation from which to get started. [...] [...] Esto: Though the SWF specification has been somewhat open for some time, the opening of the Flex compiler will be a major new step that can only be good for the company and the community. We can build SWFs using ActionScript with Adobe tools right now, but in the future what’s to stop anyone from making Java or Python generate SWFs? That main SWF compiler will soon be available to anyone, and I would hope that a compiler expert could go nuts with this sort of thing. Look at Nicolas Cannasse’s haXe as an example of a similar, but still different, language already evolving around the SWF format. This source code will make building something like haXe a bit easier because smart compiler engineers have a reference implementation from which to get started. [...]

]]> By: Josh Tynjala http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-490 Josh Tynjala Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:51:39 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-490 Dana Blankenhorn calls open sourcing Flex <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1020" rel="nofollow">a sign of desperation</a>. Unfortunately, he never explains why. He muses that open source is inherent to software and the Internet. Yet, to me, that means that Adobe is embracing the future and going forward as a leader rather than dragging its heels and because it has no choice. I get the feeling he just wanted to write an exciting headline to get readers. Dana Blankenhorn calls open sourcing Flex a sign of desperation. Unfortunately, he never explains why. He muses that open source is inherent to software and the Internet. Yet, to me, that means that Adobe is embracing the future and going forward as a leader rather than dragging its heels and because it has no choice.

I get the feeling he just wanted to write an exciting headline to get readers.

]]> By: Josh Tynjala http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-489 Josh Tynjala Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:36:06 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-489 Interesting possibilities: Mike Chambers says that <a href="http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2007/04/26/open-source-flex-and-its-impact-on-apollo/" rel="nofollow">the Apollo SDK <em>may</em> become open source</a> too. Obviously, there's a lot of work left to finish the project, and they haven't made any decisions, but it's possible, and that's cool. Interesting possibilities: Mike Chambers says that the Apollo SDK may become open source too. Obviously, there’s a lot of work left to finish the project, and they haven’t made any decisions, but it’s possible, and that’s cool.

]]> By: NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-488 NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-488 [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...] [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...]

]]> By: NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-547 NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-547 [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...] [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...]

]]> By: NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-562 NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-562 [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...] [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...]

]]> By: NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-580 NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-580 [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...] [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...]

]]> By: NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source http://joshblog.net/2007/04/25/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-588 NateJC.com - Flash & ActionScript 3 info, source, & experiments » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Goes Open Source Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/archives/141/adobe-opens-the-source-code-for-flex/#comment-588 [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...] [...] ago. But regardless of their motives, I tip my hat to Adobe for this bold move. Like Josh Tynjala talked about, their is definitely the possibility that people will be able to develop Flex and perhaps even [...]

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