Zak McGregor on Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:34:02 +0200 (CEST) |
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[Nettime-bold] Generation Flash |
Eric The Flash spec is *not* open - the direction it takes is controlled solely by Macromedia corp. They may well release the details, but ultimately they retain complete and utter control. By Contrast, the specifications for the infrastructure of the web and indeed even the non-http parts of the internet are not only released to the public, but are created and controlled by groups of people from the community at large. Coupled wih Macromedia's thinly-veiled wishes to supplant the "flawed" HTML model with Flash MX it is a very ugly situation. I think a comment on Slashdot some weeks ago summed it up perfectly:"1996 called. Microsoft wants their strategy back". Make no mistake - the return to legacy applications on a massive scale will have severe impact on the whole ecology of the internet. Ciao Zak -- Zak McGregor http://www.carfolio.com - Over 8500 car specs online ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold