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Knowledge@Wharton scored an interview with Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch. I think there's a lot of great content in the article. The article is mostly concerned with Air, but the part I liked best is where the interviewer asks the question I've been wondering about for awhile chiefly:
Knowledge@Wharton: The AIR run time is available as a free download. The AIR Software Development Kit is available for free. How does Adobe make any money from this technology?
Kevin goes on to answer, read the whole article for his exact answer, but basically it comes down to the fact that Adobe uses it's free products as a loss leader to encourage purchases of their other technologies including tooling and servers. He specifically includes ColdFusion in that.
I think this is another pointer to the fact that Adobe probably won't be open sourcing or making free ColdFusion anytime in the near future. That might change if OpenBD and Railo gain any sort of traction. But I'm betting against them, as I have said before.
June 6, 2008 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 10:35 AM
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That's right, today is your last day to get reduced prices for the WebManiacs conference. After today, the only way to get a reduced price is to take a picture of you flashing your gams, send it in, and hope the guys and gals at Fig Leaf approve.*
Of course, you want to go, and see me speak about Air and SQLite, so sign up and get that reduced pricing.
* Actually, I'm fairly certain that won't work. And gams are legs, for those of you who didn't grow up during the Great Depression.
March 14, 2008 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:22 AM
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I few days ago I came across this post at Signal vs. Noise. The first item is about a clock that tells you the approximate time - for example 11:59 is "Nearly Twelve", 12:30 is Half Past Twelve, etc. etc. The idea is, "Do you really need to know it is 12:53?" This clock gives you the amount of precision that you actually need when dealing with time.
I thought it was kinda cool, but I would never buy one. However when I thought about it, I realized it would make a good AIR application.
After thinking about I decided to do it because:
- It's a simple thing to write
- It could use a database
- I have a Air and SQLite presentation to prepare
All of these things added up to me writing the thing in about a day. Here's what I did:
The amazing thing to me was how easy it was to do. The actual app worked relatively quickly, most of my time was spent getting the details like icons, and text placement correct.
So if you want to know about what time it is, download your copy of About Time.
Disclaimer: This totally is "an Air app that didn't really need to be". I get that. I figured someone else might like it, or at least want to look at the source.
March 7, 2008 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 3:59 PM
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