Comments on: Redistribution of AIR runtime and SHU http://vipinchandran.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/redistribution-of-air-runtime-and-shu/ Flash, Flex, Actionscript, Photography, and more... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Peter http://vipinchandran.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/redistribution-of-air-runtime-and-shu/#comment-36 Peter Mon, 05 May 2008 16:09:56 +0000 http://vipinchandran.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-36 Requiring a runtime installation is an outdated model. Why doesn't Adobe want to provide a stand-alone solution? That is what most people want, is it not? Java, at least, lets you install your own VM and point to it, so you don't have to require the client to install one. You also don't have to worry about versions. Will every AIR runtime be completely backward compatible? If a new version breaks an app, you have to fix the app. If each app could have their own runtime, problems caused by changes in new version of the runtime would be mitigated. Requiring a runtime installation is an outdated model. Why doesn’t Adobe want to provide a stand-alone solution? That is what most people want, is it not? Java, at least, lets you install your own VM and point to it, so you don’t have to require the client to install one.

You also don’t have to worry about versions. Will every AIR runtime be completely backward compatible? If a new version breaks an app, you have to fix the app. If each app could have their own runtime, problems caused by changes in new version of the runtime would be mitigated.

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