shaun smith

So Ted Patrick opened up a can-o-worms with a post entitled “The Future of the Flash Platform”:

http://onflash.org/ted/2009/08/future-of-flash-platform.php

It sparked a little bit of an uproar from some hard-core developers (mad respect, you crazy cats!) – definitely worth a read (including all the commentary):

http://blog.joa-ebert.com/2009/08/06/this-is-an-outrage/
http://ncannasse.fr/blog/the_failure_of_as3

http://blog.andre-michelle.com/2009/as3-failure/

To Ted’s credit, he’s been taking the responses very well.

Updates (the conversation continues):

http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2009/08/09/making-the-case-for-actionscript/
http://blog.hexagonstar.com/actionscript-beaten-like-a-ginger-stepchild/
http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/2009/08/09/my-take-on-the-has-actionscript-failed-debate/
http://coderhump.com/archives/481
http://artjumble.com/blog/?p=82