Comments on: Adobe AIR out, who will use it? http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2008/02/26/adobe-air-out-who-will-use-it/ Kevin Dangoor on Technology, Business and Everything Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kevin Dangoor http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2008/02/26/adobe-air-out-who-will-use-it/#comment-208169 Kevin Dangoor Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:59:21 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2008/02/26/adobe-air-out-who-will-use-it/#comment-208169 Yes, Flash Player remains closed source. But, AIR apps do not need to use Flash. You can build an AIR app with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (even using Dojo), just as you would a webapp, and it runs on top of WebKit. I don't know what portion of the runtime is open source, but AIR is more open than Flash. Yes, Flash Player remains closed source. But, AIR apps do not need to use Flash. You can build an AIR app with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (even using Dojo), just as you would a webapp, and it runs on top of WebKit.

I don’t know what portion of the runtime is open source, but AIR is more open than Flash.

]]> By: Dean Landolt http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2008/02/26/adobe-air-out-who-will-use-it/#comment-208168 Dean Landolt Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:17:29 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2008/02/26/adobe-air-out-who-will-use-it/#comment-208168 Yesterday, Adobe shipped AIR 1.0, an open source toolkit and runtime for creating desktop apps using web technologies. Not to sound like a zealot here, but open source is an improper characterization. Just because the tools to make an AIR app are open doesn't mean AIR apps are open. Flash is as closed as they come (and no, Adobe's donation of spidermonkey doesn't count), thus, any development investment in AIR is just as platform-risky as an investment in Silverlight. Yesterday, Adobe shipped AIR 1.0, an open source toolkit and runtime for creating desktop apps using web technologies.

Not to sound like a zealot here, but open source is an improper characterization. Just because the tools to make an AIR app are open doesn’t mean AIR apps are open. Flash is as closed as they come (and no, Adobe’s donation of spidermonkey doesn’t count), thus, any development investment in AIR is just as platform-risky as an investment in Silverlight.

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