Comments on: [DrunkAndRetired.com Podcast] Episode 89 – The Subgeneration of Little China on Grindhouse and Adobe Flex2 http://drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/ Est. 2000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: People Over Process » Blog Archive » Flex SDK Going Open Source: Video and Analysis http://drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/#comment-2703 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:18:18 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/#comment-2703 [...] I’ve been cautious about Flex as a viable, large scale development platform largely because there was no “real” open source aspect to it. In my personal podcast a few episodes ago my podcast buddy Charles and I talked about this issue in-depth. In summary, as a developer you want the tools and technologies you rely on to be a “safe bet” of your time and effort. [...]

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/#comment-2705 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:56:45 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/#comment-2705 Have you guys not checked out NetNewsWire for the Mac? Its awesomeness is unparalleled. Just create a high priority folder of feeds in there and ignore the rest until you find the time. Voila – RSS bliss!

]]> By: Charles Lowell http://drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/#comment-2704 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:21:44 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/2007/04/06/drunkandretiredcom-podcast-episode-89-the-subgeneration-of-little-china-on-grindhouse-and-adobe-flex2/#comment-2704 I’ve been playing with the flex2 sdk for a bit now, and it seems as though most of the stuff, with the exception of a few effects (rotation being a notable) and some of the super hot widgets (page flipper, et al) can be done w/dhtml. Unfortunately, the really good stuff, i.e. the real value add is in their graphing and charting (not free) along with their data services (extremely not free).

Of course, for big companies, with 20K to drop on licensing fees(plus another grand per developer seat) it might be a pretty good deal, but because this effectively excludes the little guy, chances are that those pesky cockroaches independent shops will collude on an open source solution which will force adobe to open source what they’ve got (oops, there goes the cash cow!), or drastically reduce their prices.

If I were an analyst to a big guy (which I’m not) I’d say that if you need the hotness and convenience of the dataservices right now, go for it, and then be prepared to transition away in two years or so.

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