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Follow-up on Openness at Adobe

I will be the first to admit that I have been openly harsh and possibly mean about the policies at Adobe regarding the management of the Flex SDK. I criticized that the planning was done behind closed doors with no input from the community. I criticized that they were not open to feedback or contributions to the community. I still stand by those accusations. But I am also amazed at how much...

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Adobe wants your feedback on the Flex SDK

Ok Gang, time to put up or shut up :) Adobe has heard our outcry for better communication and has set up a meeting for us to talk with them about our concerns and to take in our input. I see this as the perfect opportunity to voice our ideas about how they can do better at letting us be involved. Come speak with the Flex SDK team to voice your interests and concerns. This session will be an...

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Showing my colors – Red and Black

I am really digging the new theme on my blog and so I have decide to add some personal touches. I do a lot with the Adobe tools. To say that I am excited about the technology is a ridiculous understatement. Hopefully if you are reading this you have found that I occasionally say something useful and thats why you are still here. Anyhow, I have decided its finally time to do a little self...

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Adobe Sweeps the AJAX World RIA Expo Awards

SYS-CON Announces AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo Awards | AJAX & RIA JOURNAL. The results are in and Adobe has won 3 of the 5 categories at the AJAX World Expo Awards including: Best SDK Winner: Adobe – Flex Builder 3 Best Rich Internet Platform Winner: Adobe – Adobe Flash Platform Best Open Source RIA Solution Winner: Adobe Flex Other award winners include: Best Overall...

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Flex SDK Source does not an “open source” project make

The title of this post is a topic that has fired me up for a really long time. It is the idea that spurred me to get involved with some of the open source cfml frameworks that I use. Fusebox is actually a really great example of this. At CFUnited 05 and later Frameworks conf that year many people were talking about the fact that while Fusebox was technically open source, no one had any idea...

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