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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Michael Schmalle
<apache@teotigraphix.com>wrote:

> Quoting "Michael A. Labriola" <labriola@digitalprimates.net>**:
>
>  How exactly would a company using Flex start using the new VM if it does
>>> not support Flex?  As long as they use Flex, they would still be using AVM2.
>>>
>>
>> What I mean is that Flash Player's popularity and install base is what
>> made it viable for Flex to be written and deployed to it. If the new VM is
>> also so universally well received, so popular, and installed everywhere
>> that enterprises actively wish to repurpose it for applications, then I
>> will be first in line to rewrite Flex.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
> Which I think we all know what this is alluding to, from this point on,
> the Flash Player will be known for Games, what business is going to make an
> enterprise app on a gaming vm...
>
>
Even around AVM1 time, Flash Player was mostly known for games, intro sites
and splash screens.  That dint prevent me or several others companies from
pushing Flash Player and build shipping enterprise applications.


> Which means, Flex will never exist in AS4, I agree with Mike completely
> here.
>

I dont quite get the pessimism here.  I am in fact glad that Adobe stopped
working on Flex and is concentrating more on the Virtual Machine and AS
language enhancements.  Isnt that what we all wanted?


>
> This is been my argument that eventually Apache Flex needs to diversify
> somehow.
>
> PS I don't think Apache Flex needs to stand for what Flex is today though,
> and this is where innovation in the future needs to happen in this project.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
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> Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
> http://www.teotigraphix.com
> http://blog.teotigraphix.com
>
>

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