Mozilla + Adobe = Love
"Tamarin project:
Big news. Adobe contributes a significant amount of scripting-engine
source code to Mozilla Foundation. In essence, the high-performance
scripting in Adobe Flash Player 9 will soon be available in Firefox,
Thunderbird, and other applications. Upside: much of the logic engine
in Adobe Flash Player will go opensource, and a wide range of people
can contribute to its success. Downside (I'm guessing): short-term
confusion as we all understand the story, and possibly cloning risks
from incomplete engines. See FAQ for best current info. There's an IRC chat
with Brendan Eich at 10am PST Tuesday. I'll be updating this post with
more resources as they appear; tomorrow I'll start a post with links to
blogosphere opinions and questions, and likely a third post providing
background to the Adobe Flash Player and its Virtual Machine for those
studying up on the area. The Adobe Engagement Platform enables creators
to engage their audiences, across operating systems, across browsers,
across devices." [1]
[1] http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/11/tamarin_project.cfm