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On 6/27/2012 10:24 AM, Desai, Ashish S wrote:
> I think there is a lack of trust among big enterprises investing in Flex, on the survival story of Flash/Flex. While it is true that for large complex projects Action Script and Flex are the best platforms, the future of Flash/Flex lies in major OS vendors providing support for the Flash Player Runtime.
   Or the future of Flex could like in decoupling the Flex Framework 
from the Adobe runtimes of Flash Player and AIR.

> There has to be a road-map to get off Flex and build in other technologies and frameworks to mitigate the risk of the unknown future of flex.

  Apache doesn't really work on the "Roadmap" route.  The Flex project 
is "Staffed" with a bunch of volunteers with differing commitments and 
priorities.  That is different from a formal product from a public 
corporation.  For all intents and purposes. we do want we want.

> I think the first line of defense would be for Apache Flex to get into dialog with Apple, Google, and Microsoft on the support of Flash Player Plugins and Runtimes.
  And how can we help you with that?


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