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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:29:09 -0800
Subject: Re: Flex -> HTML, Linux and time to say goodbye?
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On 2/27/12 12:11 PM, "Niel Drummond" <niel.drummond@grumpytoad.org> wrote:

> I think the more relevant question is: if a branch of the flex code occur=
s,
> that goes into an alternative js/HTML compiler, who is going to be backin=
g
> it with sweat and coding ?
I hope to be involved.

> Will it be a part of the official repo, or an
> outcast ?=20
Once it shows promise, I would expect it to be in the official repo.

> What compiler will it use ?
To start, probably something based on Falcon JS.

There is probably two to three years work to get something useful along
these lines.  I can't predict where the world will be in that time so yes,
something could come along that makes it completely obvious that this effor=
t
is not required.  However, my current motivation for working on it is this:
some large companies have lots of Flex code and want a plan where, if Flash
were to somehow disappear, they could leverage some of their knowledge and
code to get to the HTML/JS/CSS world.  Maybe the Flex development paradigm
is so awesome that it will attract new folks, but it doesn't matter to me i=
f
it does or doesn't.  If folks with existing code bases want something like
this, I will work on it.

--=20
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui