Other people have been closer to this project than I have, but there's one perspective I haven't seen in much of the writing yet. It's not just a ramped-up public beta... I suspect that the dynamics and benefits will be quite different than catching any late showstoppers.
With such a new type of technology as the Flex 2 family, we're not just delivering a product, as Detroit delivers a new automobile. It's more like growing an ecosystem. People need more time to become familiar with a new approach like this... third-party developers can have a much larger impact with this release style... clients will need extra time to see the types of results this streamlined development can bring. More like growing a garden than building an engine -- all the various parts of the system provide ongoing feedback to each other.
I'm personally pretty jazzed to be associated with such a large company making a bet on a more open feedback style like this -- I don't recall seeing anything quite like it before. A garden, not a machine.
About John Dowdell John Dowdell came to Macromedia through user groups in the '90s, as tech support across the tools, particularly online. Today he mostly listens to the online discussions, distilling customer comments and evangelizing these within the company.
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blogger commented on 18 Oct 2005
MM is a special place full of special people. Here is to that spirit living on. I think we all need it and rely on it.
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flex guy commented on 18 Oct 2005
Interesting way of looking at it. Of course you're right, it's a gamble. But it's the right gamble at the right time. Methodology like this is empowering: all kudos to Macromedia! (Shame Google Labs came out already, but I know for a fact that this project was started - and named - BEFORE Google went public with their labs.)
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