【转载】Adobe将flex捐献给Apache（Adobe Donates Flex to Apache）

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In a move that appears to be another step away from its Flash platform, Adobe has submitted the code for its Flash-based Flex framework to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to be managed as an independent project.

WhilethecompanypledgeditscontinuedsupportforFlex--alongwithitsunderlyingFlashtechnology--AdobealsosuggestedthatWebapplicationdevelopersinthefuturewouldbeusingHTML5ratherthanFlash.

"Inthelong-term,webelieveHTML5willbethebesttechnologyforenterpriseapplicationdevelopment,"theblogpoststated."Wealsoknowthat,currently,Flexhasclearbenefitsforlarge-scaleclientprojectstypicallyassociatedwithdesktopapplicationprofiles."

FlexisanSDK(SoftwareDevelopmentKit)thatincludesacompilerandanumberoflibrariesthatcanbeusedtobuildcross-platformRichInternetApplications(RIA)thatrunonAdobeFlash.In2008,thecompanyplacedtheSDKunderanopen-sourcelicense.

TheASFwillnowvoteonwhethertotakeonAdobeFlex.Theopen-sourcesoftwarebodyhasnotcommentedonifitwillagreetomanagethetechnology'sdevelopment.Ifitdoes,however,itmaynotbelongbeforeFlexbecomesanApacheproject.In2010,whenGooglesubmittedWaveasapotentialproject,ASFapprovedthetechnologywithinamonth

ShouldtheASFagreetotakethetechnology,theroadmapwillbemanagedbyanindependentgoverningbodyoperatingunderApache'sbylaws.Adobewillcontinuetodedicatefull-timeengineerstofurtherdebuganddeveloptheSDK,thecompanypledged.

AlongwithFlex,AdobehasalsosubmittedanumberofotherrelatedcomponentstoASF,mostnotablyBlazeDS,amessagingsystemfortransferringdatabetweenaFlexapplicationandaback-endJavaEE(JavaEnterpriseEdition)server.ItalsosubmittedanexperimentalFlashcompiler,calledFalcon,andassortedtestingtools.

Earlierthismonth,AdobeannouncedthatitwouldnolongerbedevelopingFlashfornewmobiledevices,andinsteadfocusontoolingforHTML5.Thestill-developingHTML5standardwillprovidemanyofthesamemultimediacapabilitiesthatFlashnowoffers,andwon'trequireaseparateplug-in.

ObservershavespeculatedthatAdobe'sretreatfromthemobileFlashplatformrepresentsthefirststepindeemphasizingFlashinfavorofHTML5.JackGold,ofanalystfirmJ.GoldAssociatesLLC.,notedthatAdobefacedadauntingtaskinmaintainingFlashacrossanever-increasingnumberofdifferentplatforms,asmorenon-Windowsdevicesenterthemarketplace.HTML5,incontrast,canworkacrossallmobilebrowsersthatsupportthestandard,andwillrequirenospecificadjustmentsforeachunderlyinghardwareplatform.