Adobe Joins Linux Foundation, Develops AIR For Linux 171
2muchcoffeeman writes "Adobe announced Monday that it is joining the Linux Foundation and alpha-released a Linux version of its new Adobe Internet Runtime environment, which allows Internet-enabled applications to run on Windows and Mac OS desktops, for Linux. According to Adobe, the alpha version lacks some key features that will be available in the final product and only runs with Sun Java, not GNU Java. Adobe also released an alpha of Flex Builder for Linux Monday."
Excellent news. (Score:4, Interesting)
also (Score:3, Interesting)
Oh, well, it isn't compatible with GNU Java, but it runs on Linux *duh*
Shouldn't it be default that something written in Java runs on ALL platforms which got a JRE?
Photoshop for Linux? (Score:4, Interesting)
Just don't plan on trying to hack AIR (Score:4, Interesting)
In other words, "We'll let you play in our sandbox, but don't try to figure out how we built our sandbox so you can build your own sandbox that looks just like our sandbox."
Re:How is AIR different from, say java? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Photoshop for Linux? (Score:3, Interesting)
Where did you hear that statement???
And an Open "FLEX" Server (Score:3, Interesting)
But I haven't heard how good it is. Is it fully compatible with Adobe's Flash? Feature-competitive with FLEX? Have you heard anything?
The flash format is a trap, careful (Score:5, Interesting)
-- This license does not permit the usage of the specification to create software which supports SWF file playback.
That's pathetic. Adobe is explicitly trying to control the _format_, while trying to convince (and confuse) people by releasing the runtime and SDK as open source. Which means they still retail all the control of closed-source software, without many people even being aware of it. Once (hopefully not) AIR or Flash becomes a widely accepted platform for applications, Adobe can easily ask people to pay up or do whatever.
These days, I get frustrated by the number of people who mention that Adobe is a major supported of open source, and get excited about it. Java may suck, but it sure is not a lock in.
Re:Adobe Loses to SWF (Score:2, Interesting)
In fact, the biggest difference that I've seen since then was the proliferation of punch-the-monkey-win-a-free-lappy ads
Re:Flash for PPC? (Score:2, Interesting)
That's silly; what makes you think Adobe supports Linux? (I mean, because all of their tech marketers and tech evangelists saying that they do.) As far as Adobe cares, the Linux kernel only runs on 32-bit x86 CPUs.