Adobe and Mozilla Foundation to Open Source Flash Player Scripting Engine

[Gizmo]

"SAN FRANCISCO — November 7, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and the Mozilla Foundation, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today announced that Adobe has contributed source code for the ActionScript™ Virtual Machine, the powerful standards-based scripting language engine in Adobe® Flash® Player, to the Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla will host a new open source project, called Tamarin, to accelerate the development of this standards-based approach for creating rich and engaging Web applications."

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[madcatmk3]

I like how some of this new stuff is going. Moving away from closed greed so they can benefit the consumer. Its a really strange yet nice trend.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by madcatmk3

I like how some of this new stuff is going. Moving away from closed greed so they can benefit the consumer. Its a really strange yet nice trend.

Don't be misled, madcat. Companies exist for the purpose of making money. If Adobe have done this, it is only because they believe it will give them a competitive advantage and allow them to make more money.

That said, it is still nice that they've done it.