Flashy 32bit diehards
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| At least Mr. Melanson talks to us from time to time, but his apparent policy
| of not discussing 64bit at all is such a denial mode that makes us think
| what's going on inside Adobe's corporate mind (as I believe he would like to
| be able to discuss it but his Management prevents him from doing so).
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http://taupter.blogspot.com/2007/08/flashy-32bit-diehards.html
Open at Adobe - Frillions of ways
,----[ Quote ]
| As I've stated in an earlier blog, I think that freedom can mean multiple
| things. At Adobe, we don't necessarily follow the one true open source way.
| While open source is a great way to develop code, there is not just one way
| to open source. We tend to be a community ourselves, with our own cliches,
| personalities and opinions. We often try to make our own way. We look at open
| source as to what's the drive and reason. And we pick our approaches to open
| source with a unique review each time.
|
| In the platform and developer unit, we're believers in open source, but even
| then, we're approaching it cautiously. We need to learn how the interfaces at
| the boundaries will work, and whether it's in everyones best interests.
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http://blogs.adobe.com/open/2007/08/frillions_of_ways.html
Related:
H dot two sixty four
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| There is a new beta of the Flash Player Update available. That's right: the
| beta is even available for Linux (same time as Windows and Mac). Download it
| here.
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http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2007/08/h_dot_two_sixty_four.html
[theora] This is a sad day for interoperability in the Web
,----[ Quote ]
| Today, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced[1] that they will extend
| their Flash platform to support the proprietary H.264 and HE-AAC
| formats.
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http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/theora/2007-August/001518.html
Adobe bashes open-source alternatives
,----[ Quote ]
| It's well and good to look at things from the user's perspective, but in this
| case it leads to a false dichotomy. Loiacono appears to be considering only
| outside open-source alternatives such as Inkscape or the Gimp.
|
| There's nothing technological stopping Adobe from releasing software that's
| both open-source as well as integrated and easy to use. But it's misleading
| to point to the shortcomings of others' open-source software as a reason why
| Adobe shouldn't open-source its own.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9762967-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
For Adobe, a tough lesson in (open-source) diplomacy
,----[ Quote ]
| The brouhaha had to be painful for Adobe, a community-friendly company that
| likes to think of itself as a kinder, gentler outfit than arch-rival
| Microsoft . But here Adobe was, accused of using its overwhelming position in
| PDF software to make money at the expense of smaller companies -- the very
| sort of behavior that earned Microsoft a bad rap in Silicon Valley.
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http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/08/for-adobe-a-tou.html
Making Gnash: a well-deserved name?
,----[ Quote ]
| Gnash is the Free Software Foundation’s alternative Adobe Flash player.
| Version 0.8 is the third alpha release, and frankly, it rocks! It is
| also one of the first projects to be covered by the GPLv3.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/making_gnash
Interview with Rob Savoye of Gnash, the GPL Flash project
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| 6. What features does the current version of Gnash support?
|
| We support a large chunk of ActionScript2 classes, and Flash v7
| movies. There is some support for v8 starting to get added as it's
| not very difference from v7. Although streaming video currently works
| in CVS, it's not fully functional yet. I find that Gnash plays them
| ajority of web pages Flash ads (unfortunately), and many movies
| randomly grabbed from the net. Many of us are using Gnash as our
| only Flash player without much trouble.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=177
Flash Development Revolutionized with the Open-Source Release of Gaia Flash
Framework
,----[ Quote ]
| The Gaia Flash Framework has already earned the praise of high-profile
| coders including world-renowned Flash and Flex developer Jesse Warden.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070612/netu013.html?.v=16
Why Adobe likes Google better than Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| That's when he described Google as sort of a shield. When Microsoft's
| firing missiles at Adobe, Chizen said, it's nice to see Google announce
| another new service that targets Microsoft's stranglehold on productivity
| software. Chizen feels like that takes a little heat off of Adobe by
| forcing Microsoft to watch its back. I bet a lot of Silicon Valley
| companies feel that way.
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http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/05/why_adobe_likes.html?source=yahoo_quote
Gnash [Open Source Flash] 0.8.0 release made
,----[ Quote ]
| Gnash supports the majority of Flash opcodes up to SWF version 7, and
| a wide sampling of ActionScript classes for SWF version 8.5. All the
| core ones are implemented, and many of the newer ones work, but may be
| missing some of their methods.
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http://gnashdev.org/?q=node/35
For Adobe, a tough lesson in (open-source) diplomacy
,----[ Quote ]
| The brouhaha had to be painful for Adobe, a community-friendly company that
| likes to think of itself as a kinder, gentler outfit than arch-rival
| Microsoft . But here Adobe was, accused of using its overwhelming position in
| PDF software to make money at the expense of smaller companies -- the very
| sort of behavior that earned Microsoft a bad rap in Silicon Valley.
`----
http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/08/for-adobe-a-tou.html
Ryan, Open Source, and Flash
,----[ Quote ]
| A few weeks back, I had dinner in Seattle with Ryan Stewart and Brian
| Zug. Over the course of several hours we covered a number of topics,
| including a crash course in open source software. Yesterday Ryan posted
| some of what he learned during our conversation, including his
| conclusions about whether or not open sourcing the Flash Player
| was a good idea.
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http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/12/ryan-open-source-and-flash/
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