[REBOL] Adobe buys Macromedia ...
From: petr::krenzelok::trz::cz at: 19-Apr-2005 8:39
Hi guys,
you probably heard already, but if not, here it is - Adobe buys
Macromedia. Now it will be interesting, what will happen. I read plenty
of comments on OSNews.com related article and most ppl do not welcome
the merge, as it sounds like a monopoly of webdesign. There was even one
interesting remark:
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We now know why Flex (latest, promising Macromedia technology combining
Flash with server side development) for .NET systems (Windows+IIS) has
been announced but has not been released while you already have Flex for
Java containers.
Keep in mind that we now have three major competitors:
Server side (and Enterprise) :
..NET
Java
Flex (Flash)
Client side:
Avalon-enabled systems (Longhorn)
Java
Flash
Mobile:
..NET CE
Java ME
Flash ME
Adobe decided to finally put in place a development platform that has in
Flash and PDF its major foundations. This is a very bold outcome. While
I use .NET for server development, I have to admit that I love Flash as
client technology.
Please, also notice that no-one (but Google, maybe) is caring about HTML
anymore. HTML is dead in long terms (AT LAST! :-).
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The last sentence is something which makes me think, that author of that
post might be right. X-Internet is taking-off. Let's hope Rebservices
take-off too, and that rebol-as-a-library is spread around the net to do
the job.
Cheers,
-pekr-
