[osflash] Flash 9 IDE for Linux

[Keith Peters]

Yeah, my explanation was pretty simplified. I'm running Ubuntu on one 
box and would be happy to switch if I had a good Flash/Flex development 
environment.
I think Adobe actually is making some nice strides in that direction. 
Flash 9 player for Linux, the Flex 2 SDK works on Linux.
I think you are right that Flex Builder 2 would be an easier and safer 
next step for them, as it's not only probably less development required, 
but probably there is a bigger audience that would immediately use FB2 
on Linux than would the Flash IDE.

Darron J. Schall wrote:
> Keith Peters wrote:
>   
>> Pretty simple economics actually. Most people use Windows. Fact of life. 
>> That's where you concentrate your development. How many Linux IDEs would 
>> Adobe sell right now? Enough to justify the engineering efforts? Maybe 
>> someday, but not quite yet.
>>     
> I think it's a little trickier than that, sort of like the chicken and 
> the egg problem.  How many people would switch from Windows to Linux if 
> the software was available?  How many people buy the Windows version 
> only because there is no Linux version?
>
> Do you need software on the platform first, or developers on the 
> platform first?  I think a better question would be, can Adobe justify 
> the risk in building software for Linux?  There's little risk in 
> building for Windows because you know you have a developer audience.  
> But, with Linux, the risk is higher.  The developer base doesn't exist 
> yet because software doesn't exist yet... or is it the other way around?
>
> Although for a program like FlexBuilder, already built on top of Eclipse 
> to help ease platform dependencies, my hope is that we'll at least see 
> FlexBuilder for Linux at some point.  I understand the Linux port 
> wouldn't be trivial, but one can only hope.. that's the main thing 
> holding me back from switching at the moment (a good Flex 2 IDE).  I'd 
> like to see Adobe test the waters there at least... but I understand the 
> risk since Linux users typically aren't used to paying for software, 
> especially IDEs.
>
> -d
>
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