Comments on: Am I the Only Facebook Developer in Utah? http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/ Social Media, Tech, and Rants From Jesse Stay, The "Social" Geek Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:59:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Am I Still One of the Only Utah Facebook Developers? by Stay N’ Alive - Technology, Business, Religion, and Rants From the Life of Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-327 Am I Still One of the Only Utah Facebook Developers? by Stay N’ Alive - Technology, Business, Religion, and Rants From the Life of Jesse Stay Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:57:48 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-327 <p>[...] mentioned this earlier, and only learned about one other Utah Facebook Developer. Today the question was raised again as [...]</p> […] mentioned this earlier, and only learned about one other Utah Facebook Developer. Today the question was raised again as […]

]]> By: Matthew Reinbold http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-10119 Matthew Reinbold Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:46:56 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-10119 <p>Right, that's understandable. But this isn't your father's Adobe reader we're talking about. Adobe is undergoing a change, of sorts, to a more open, community driven focus. They've open sourced Flex as an experiment. They've launched their <a href="http://labs.adobe.com">labs.adobe.com</a> site to release free stuff back to user communities, get early eyeballs on releases, and act as a petri dish for new ideas. They've been long competitors with Microsoft and have seen Redmond's failings; after seeing their multi-year road maps and talking with their movers and shakers they have no desire to repeat those mistakes.</p><br><p>As Novell has shown, just because a corporation is acting as a steward for a platform doesn't mean the developer community receives jack for benefits.</p> Right, that's understandable. But this isn't your father's Adobe reader we're talking about. Adobe is undergoing a change, of sorts, to a more open, community driven focus. They've open sourced Flex as an experiment. They've launched their labs.adobe.com site to release free stuff back to user communities, get early eyeballs on releases, and act as a petri dish for new ideas. They've been long competitors with Microsoft and have seen Redmond's failings; after seeing their multi-year road maps and talking with their movers and shakers they have no desire to repeat those mistakes.

As Novell has shown, just because a corporation is acting as a steward for a platform doesn't mean the developer community receives jack for benefits.

]]> By: Matthew Reinbold http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-326 Matthew Reinbold Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:46:56 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-326 <p>Right, that's understandable. But this isn't your father's Adobe reader we're talking about. Adobe is undergoing a change, of sorts, to a more open, community driven focus. They've open sourced Flex as an experiment. They've launched their labs.adobe.com site to release free stuff back to user communities, get early eyeballs on releases, and act as a petri dish for new ideas. They've been long competitors with Microsoft and have seen Redmond's failings; after seeing their multi-year road maps and talking with their movers and shakers they have no desire to repeat those mistakes.</p> <p>As Novell has shown, just because a corporation is acting as a steward for a platform doesn't mean the developer community receives jack for benefits.</p> Right, that’s understandable. But this isn’t your father’s Adobe reader we’re talking about. Adobe is undergoing a change, of sorts, to a more open, community driven focus. They’ve open sourced Flex as an experiment. They’ve launched their labs.adobe.com site to release free stuff back to user communities, get early eyeballs on releases, and act as a petri dish for new ideas. They’ve been long competitors with Microsoft and have seen Redmond’s failings; after seeing their multi-year road maps and talking with their movers and shakers they have no desire to repeat those mistakes.

As Novell has shown, just because a corporation is acting as a steward for a platform doesn’t mean the developer community receives jack for benefits.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4349 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4349 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4352 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4352 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4355 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4355 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4358 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4358 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4361 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4361 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4364 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4364 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

]]> By: uncle_jesse http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4367 uncle_jesse Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:53:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2007/08/01/am-i-the-only-facebook-developer-in-utah/#comment-4367 <p>That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.</p> That sounds very interesting - I will have to learn more. I have to admit, I tend to be a little skeptical about anything Adobe - I am not a big fan of one corporation controlling all the engine development. I prefer it be a community effort, with open access to all the code.

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