Open at Adobe

Posted by on Jul 21, 2009 in open screen project, open source | 1 comment

What is “open”? It’s a question I’ve been asking for quite a while now and I can’t seem to find a definitive answer.

Dave McAllister (Adobe’s Open Standards Evangelist) actually sums it up nicely: “Open is the currently most misused word in the IT space,” he says. “Open really comes down and says it’s accessible, extensible and can be freely used by anyone. Most companies define open as a single dimensional aspect. For Adobe it’s all aspects of communications and technologies. For us, those are open source, standards and community.”

Check out this video to learn more about the open initiatives at Adobe and just how open the Flash Platform really is.

Today we also released the Open Source Media Framework (formerly known as Strobe) and the Text Layout Framework on our Open Source website.

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  1. V1
    July 21, 2009

    Flash might be “open” but the rest of Adobe isn’t that “open”

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