Apollo 速記

最近仍然持續忙碌，沒法兒寫長篇大論，這裏先速記一下重點。

apollo 出來後引發 hype 是可預期的事，但理性看待這件事的文章也不少，Niall Kennedy 寫的是我到目前為止最欣賞的一篇，裏面重點擷錄如下。

-Plugins such as Flash are second-class citizens within the web browser, receiving limited resources……[Apollo]A stand-alone application removes the limits of these resource constraints

-I’ve heard the write-once run-anywhere many times over the past 10 years, but few applications have actually delivered. Java and Java Web Start are the closest historical comparisons, but the demand for multimedia content creates a new breed of competitors in the form of Flash, Apollo, and WPF/E.

-I’m still a fan of native application development to create the most feature-rich and well-integrated application possible in the smallest resource footprint

-Companies might develop for Apollo to take advantage a strategic investment from Adobe at reasonable terms.

簡單的總結是，目前 Apollo 還是一個非常幼兒級的平台，外界太多的 hype/buzzword 在alpha 1公開後應該會開始拉回理性面，不過，真正值得觀察的是未來6-12個月的發展，它最終會成為什麼樣的 runtime以及 developer (包含像 yahoo/ebay這樣的企業用戶)會如何應用它，都會決定它的成敗。