Re:

[David Rhodus <sdrhodus@xxxxxxxxx>]

I really dislike flash. As for any type of quick application like that
I think everyone should use a web based application written in PHP.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:57:06 -0400, George Georgalis <george@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Please sign petition for flash on *BSD.
> http://arameus.net/petition/index.php
> 
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 02:52:31PM -0400, Bob Ippolito wrote:
> >On Aug 15, 2004, at 12:45 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> >
> >>A BSD enthusiast on the BSD forums has posted a petition to sign to be
> >>sent to Macromedia asking for a BSD flash version.
> >>
> >>Regardless of what we feel about flash pages :), it does seem a way to
> >>let a vendor know that BSD is major market.
> >>
> >>The petition is at
> >>http://arameus.net/petition/index.php
> >>
> >>At present there are still very few (48 or so) signatures.
> >
> >Flash isn't just for web pages; it's pretty important for embedded
> >applications.  It's definitely the quickest and cheapest way to develop
> >a custom GUI (no standard widgets, which is fine for touchscreen apps).
> > I know of several companies that develop Linux based kiosk systems
> >that use Flash.  I've worked on a few in the past.  Having another OS
> >option would be nice.
> >
> >-bob
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                                            Steven David Rhodus
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