Adobe grants its script engine to Mozilla
In these days the market of the Web Browser seems to be more fizzy than ever. Everyone seems to be interested in the development of some sort of scripting engine to create a standard between the platform, claiming their own is the best. (of course)
On Wired News you can read the latest news: Adobe has planned to release one of its core component (ActionScript) in Open Source, with a partnership with Mozilla Foundation.
“ActionScript, the code that powers interactive Flash applications, has long been based on a standard known as ECMAScript. ECMAScript is also the basis of JavaScript, the primary tool of Ajax developers.”
It should be potentially interesting, but the main doubt I have is that everyone seems interested in leading the market with their own code. Obviously, if Microsoft’s, Apple’s or Mozilla’s code would become the standard, their products would raise to the top. Not only… Adobe move to open source is a sharp move, because if their ECMAScript would become a standard, their Flash Player would be the first beneficiary. So, opening some code to gain more users.
Microsoft and Apple could use the Adobe scripts too (it will be Open Source) but it would cost them quite a lot, because of the need to rewrite great part of their own scripts. Well, this battle is becoming interesting, even if I’m not so sure that we will be able to have a Standard that would speed up the development process or tear down the browser differences for the normal users.
Well, we’ll wait and see…
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