tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324911.post115472008625954943..comments2017-02-02T16:32:11.792-05:00Comments on Let's Push Things Forward: Information Week on Flex...Matt McKnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16098483018096096360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324911.post-1154825326165986882006-08-05T20:48:00.000-04:002006-08-05T20:48:00.000-04:00You're right, of course. I apologize for not point...You're right, of course. I apologize for not pointing that out amongst the various malapropisms in the story. I think it's some horrible reporting by Information Week...unfortunately read by lots of Enterprise Architects, CIOs and the like.<BR/><BR/>I don't really get what "proprietary" means in this case anyway. How can a language be proprietary? I suppose if Adobe went around suing people that made ActionScript interpreters, that would make it proprietary, but it seems like Open Laszlo is doing fine...<BR/><BR/>I guess the salient points are this- JavaScript and Action Script are both (incompatible) implementations of the ECMAScript Standard. Action Script 3.0 is actually an implementation of a more recent version of the standard than the version of JavaScript implemented by the browser platforms. So, Action Script might look a lot like the next version of JavaScript- but do they really need a separate language???<BR/><BR/>In a way, Adobe has a huge advantage here with Flash- they own the platform. As long as they can get people to upgrade their Flash players regularly- coders can write one version of their code that will run anywhere. Then again, looking at my recent browser stats- not many folks are on Flash 9- yet. <BR/><BR/>8.0 24.18%<BR/>8.0 r22 16.99%<BR/>9.0 r16 12.42%<BR/>8.0 r24 10.46%<BR/>9.0 7.84%<BR/>none 5.23%<BR/>7.0 3.92%<BR/>8.0 r24 3.27%<BR/>7.0 r19 3.27%<BR/>7.0+r63 3.27%<BR/>6.0 2.61%<BR/>9.0 r16 2.61%<BR/>7.0 r25 1.96%<BR/>7.0 r63 0.65%<BR/>7.0 r14 0.65%<BR/>8.0 r22 0.65%Matt McKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098483018096096360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324911.post-1154786298302949972006-08-05T09:58:00.000-04:002006-08-05T09:58:00.000-04:00Hello,ActionScript is not a proprietary version of...Hello,<BR/><BR/>ActionScript is not a proprietary version of the ECMAStandard. It is an actual implementation of the standard. We are part of the ECMA Committee and helping to approve the standard. The new version will be approved next year. AS3 is a version of what is likely to be approved, and we will fill in any gaps with the final version when it is approved. We are committed to the standard.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>David<BR/>AdobeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com